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Music school prepares for new building

By Jessica Villagomez News Editor

Pending the approval of DePaul’s Board of Trustees at the upcoming Oct. 30 meeting is the new School of Music building. DePaul is set to begin construction in early November. Renovations would include supporting the Music and Concert Hall during construction as well as the demolition of the current McGaw Hall building to make room for a new building.

At a community meeting Thursday, Vice President of Facility Operations Bob Janis outlined the potential construction efforts the new School of Music building will undergo and highlighted the main features of the new building.

According to the project description, the School of Music will be comprised of three buildings, Music North, Music Center and Music South. Music North, the current Music School building, will house the school’s administrative offices as well as undergo interior renovations to its current classrooms and offices.

Music South, currently the chapel, will be repurposed into an opera facility. Both Music South and Music North will be connected to Music Center and be fully renovated.

The new three-story building, Music Center, will be located on the west side of Halsted Street between Belden and Fullerton avenues. Janis said the building would function as a space for classrooms, rehearsal spaces and practice rooms.

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FLIPPING THE

SCRIPTS

Course evaluations now public for some schools

By Emma Krupp Staff Writer

While end-of-the-quarter course evaluations can be viewed as a nuisance by some, they could mean much more now that students in several colleges can access data from past course evaluations on their Campus Connect accounts while registering for classes.

The feature, which was on the Student Government Association’s wish list for years, is accessible when viewing class descriptions on Campus Connect. It displays the aggregate student response data for five standard university questions related to the overall effectiveness and

quality of the course.

However, it is currently only available for courses within the College of Science of Health, School for New Learning, the Driehaus College of Business and the Theatre School. The College of Law and the College of Computing and Digital Media have already had their course evaluations available on their respective websites separate from the SGA initiative.

Notably missing from the aforementioned list are the colleges of Communication, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Education and Music, none of which have approved the feature at this point. According to a 2014 enrollment

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Dems, GOP students scuffle in annual debate

By Matthew Barbuscio Contributing Writer

The DePaul College Republicans and DePaul Democrats sparred Tuesday night over issues such as race relations, immigration, the economy and foreign policy in their annual debate, the Sheffield Scuffle.

As students filed in, debaters sat at their respective tables under the hot spotlights, fumbling over notes, adjusting ties and wiping sweat from their foreheads before the questioning began. Moderator Joseph Mello,

a political science professor at DePaul, softly spoke into the microphone and called for opening statements and promptly started the questioning.

As the debate began to ramp up on the issues at hand, the Democrats got off to a strong start, hitting hard on the points of Planned Parenthood, a topic that has been heated debated among the major U.S. presidential candidates.

“Abortion is legal and abortion is not something that women should apologize for,” Democratic debater Mikayla Ziegler said.

Senior Republican debater Brenden Newell had differing opinions of the economic aspects of Planned Parenthood, outlining how it “funds itself and doesn’t need outside help from the government.”

Some may have first thought the overwhelming Democratic turnout would affect the perceived victor of the night, but as the debate developed, it became apparent that despite upperclassmen Newell and Nicole Been on stage, the inexperience of the three freshmen on the

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Nassir Faulker, president of DePaul College Democrats, speaks Tuesday night in the Student Center in the “Sheffield Scuffle,” a debate between The DePaul College Republicans and DePaul Democrats.

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Students wait for an available elevator in the Lewis Center. The building is one of many at DePaul with elevator renovations taking place, leading to congestion during peak hours.

Up, up and away

Modernization of elevators in university buidings causes temporary inconvenience

By Maddy Crozier Contributing Writer

DePaul has its ups and downs, especially with its elevators.

Currently, elevators in the Loop are receiving major renovations. Elevators on the Lincoln Park campus, as well as the Schmitt Academic Center escalators, will soon follow.

Students taking classes in the Lewis Center or the Daley Building downtown have probably seen evidence of the ongoing and upcoming maintenance there. Both buildings will receive major elevator updates.

Schedules are available in each building next to the elevators.

Rich Wiltse, director of Loop Facilities Operations, said that the Lewis Center elevators are “continuing to be modernized.”

One elevator at a time endures repairs and modifications while the other cars continue to run for students and passengers.

With an office on the 16th floor of the Lewis Center, honors advisor Jennifer Kosco is familiar with the ongoing renovation process. She said that though there is a lot of traffic at peak class times, the maintenance is “making progress” and the elevators are “getting faster.” Halfway through the schedule, cars four, three, and two will be renovated from now until mid-July 2016.

According to the posted schedule, the major renovations include mechanical upgrades, such as “all new elevator control and dispatching system for improved reliability and faster car dispatching” and “all new elevator cab door hardware for better reliability and faster cycle times at floor stops.” The interior will be remodeled with “sustainable wall panels and LED lighting.”

Additionally, they plan to “add a second set of elevator call buttons on each floor. No more running down the hall to catch elevators six or seven.”

Sophomore Jonah Atchison, who has two classes in the Lewis Center, called the new elevator appearance “aesthetically pleasing” because it has a nice finish. With the Lewis Center elevators being “notoriously slow,” Atchison hopes that when all of the elevators have been remodeled, the system’s speed will

Repair schedule • Lewis Center: Cars 2,3,4 - now until mid-July 2016 • Daley Building: Jan. 2016 until Feb. 2017 (each car will take three months) • Schmitt Academic Center escalators: Nov. 2015 until Dec. 2015 KAITLIN TAMOSIUNAS | THE DEPAULIA

“rival that of the DePaul Center.”

Beginning in January, Daley Building elevators will face similar renovations, focusing on one car at a time to bring them up-to-speed with the other newly remodeled elevators. According to the schedule, each car will take approximately three months to remodel. Renovations are planned to begin in

early January 2016 and span to late February 2017, and will focus on the mechanical aspects.

“Students can e-mail LC-elevators@depaul.edu and put either ‘Lewis’ or ‘Daley’ in the subject line to get project updates and alternative travel information for either project,” Wiltse said.

This convenience attempts to establish amnesty between maintenance projects and students, helping students through the renovations with less of a headache.

The SAC escalators will face a major renovation beginning one week before the end of the autumn quarter (its last official day is Nov. 24 — now less than one month away).

The escalator system will be closed as Facility Operations replaces the gears and chains for the first time, prompting sophomore Bryan Debrah to appreciatively say, “It’s about time.” This project should wrap up just before students return for Winter Quarter.

The escalator system offers students an alternative to waiting for an elevator, said graduate student Maggie Collins. She added that the escalators in their current state, often stopped between floors so patrons must use them as stairs, potentially making a hazard to older faculty members.

Sophomore Kate Kownacki, who works in the writing center, comes to the SAC almost every day and uses the escalators. She sees it as an “inconvenience” when one or more of the escalators is down, so she hopes renovations will fix these regular malfunctions.

Lincoln Park custodial manager Richard Matulewicz also offered information on upcoming elevator renovations in Munroe Hall. In addition, beginning in November, one elevator will be taken out of service at a time for renovations. According to Matulewicz, the cables and motors will be replaced, as well as a complete redesign of the interior, to look similar to the elevators in University Hall. He said that this project will cost about half a million dollars.

Predominantly a first-year hall, several freshmen residents shared concerns about the project.

“If I have to wait too long, I will not be the happiest person,” said fifth floor resident Grace McKay. Sixth-floor resident Anna Wolfe said that, “it will really help with traffic if lowerlevel residents use the stairs.”

Overall, these renovations should make vertical transportation around campus more pleasant and convenient.

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SCUFFLE, continued from front page team showed.

“The fact is that we had a lot of new members up there presenting our ideas and it’s a big challenge for freshmen coming in,” Newell said, noting that he was still happy with their performance.

This all boiled over when freshman debater Evan Sulley had his chance to rebut the statements of Democrat Garret Sanborn, who spoke about cutting military spending.

Sulley did so aggressively, which ended up sidelining him the rest of the night.

“You look at me sir, we are at the most peaceful time in the world, and that is because of our military strength,” Sulley said while looking directly at Sanborn from across the stage. “You got me? It is because of our military strength. By you saying that we should cut our military spending, I can’t believe anyone would say something so chalice.”

The crowd began to chuckle as his statements grew more aggressive and his speech slowly began to unravel. His response was met with a shot to the heart delivered by the Democrat.

“The military has become a sacred cattle in this country and I don’t really like the fact that you are calling me or insinuating that I am anti-military,” Sanborn said. “I just went to school for the Marine Corps this past summer and I am going to serve my country as a pilot. Do not lecture me on the importance of military strength and what the United States has done for the world.”

Before answering the next question that was posed, Newell thanked Sanborn on behalf of all the college Republicans for his service, which led to prolonged applause from the audience.

It was a lively moment that ignited the only friction between the two parties all night. But the moment was indicative of how the night went for the Republican side as the debate took turns into the different

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Nassir Faulkner, president of the DePaul College Democrats, speaks Tuesday night as his Republican opponents look on. This is the third consective year the political organizations have debated each other. topics.

Dems president Nassir Faulkner discussed race relations and the Black Lives Matter movement passionately.

“The movement isn’t about black-onblack crime, white-on-black crime, it’s about the problems people in the African American community face in our society today,” Faulkner said.

He went on to speak about the unnecessary militarization of police forces across the country.

“There is no need for a police department to have a military vehicle that is sold to them by the Department of Defense,” Faulkner said.

Hosted in the Student Center, the audience of about 50 observed, cheered and

asked questions of the candidates on stage.

Democratic students came out in droves to support their debaters, but less can be said for the Republican side. This lack of vocal support on campus is one factor that the DePaul College Republicans have come to expect and Wednesday night was no different.

“I just think that is the nature of this campus. The campus itself is liberal,” Been said. “We are used to it and we are not going to sit here and play the victim. We are going to fight as hard as we can and try and get the conservative message out there.”

The audience on both sides seemed to be satisfied with the performances of their representatives on stage.

“I think we were very strong and

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The audience on the other side felt confident in their group’s unwavering stances on the important issues to the conservative message.

“I think we did really well on foreign policy and economics, but they did well on the more domestic angles,” said Republican supporter Jishni Sarker.

Even after the debate, both sides were gracious of the other’s participation and opinions echoed the sentiment that debate is healthy and to go out and vote.

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Gun rights activists greet President Barack Obama as he arrives to console the families of those killed in a mass shooting at an Oregon community college earlier this month.

DePaul community has diverse views on recent shootings

By Jackson Danbeck Copy Editor

In the wake of recent school shootings across the country, many in the DePaul community wonder if the university is prepared to prevent and withstand a shooter with the intent to kill in cold blood.

The question is essential, especially after the death of 10 people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon on Oct. 1. At DePaul, people in the community have voiced a wide range of opinions on what to do, and Public Safety has procedures that predate recent events to maintain a safe environment for all.

“Panic is the worst thing you can do. The most important thing is for you to have a personal plan,” said director of Public Safety Robert Wachowski. “If you only know one exit, and the shooter is right there, you would panic.”

If a known shooter is on campus, policy says to exit the building, tell anyone of the danger and to call the Chicago Police Department.

Once the police respond to a call and arrive at the scene, “they take control,” Wachowski said.

“Our officers assist in whatever they need.”

“We are not sworn, we are not armed, we don’t have arrest powers,” Wachowski said of Public Safety officers. “We can detain individuals and then turn them over to the Chicago police.”

Wachowski said that Public Safety had a prevention plan before the recent shootings.

“We’ve always take planning seriously, and we’re proactive about it. You go to conferences and training,” Wachowski said. “We rely on the police, the FBI. We do training with the Chicago police.”

The debate over guns has

changed in the past years, especially in Illinois. In addition to law enforcement, law-abiding citizens are allowed to carry concealed handguns in public. The state was the last one in the U.S. to do so and only did so after a court order.

Yet the law does have its limitations. Someone with the proper licenses cannot bring a weapon within 1,000 feet of a school, according to the Illinois State Police. And the handler can only use the weapon in self-defense or when an offender threatens harm to the life of another.

These laws apply to DePaul, and as a private institution it can restrict these laws even further, Wachowski said.

However, Horace Hall, a DePaul professor of Education and Research, said that the issue of school shootings goes beyond gun laws.

“It’s not about the Second Amendment right, but it’s about the culture. How do we make connections between guns and our culture? We have to look at it in terms of poverty, race and mental health,” Hall said.

Hall said that there is legislation for people to carry guns in schools, such as in Texas where “campus carry” was passed in June, allowing people to carry handguns on campus grounds and buildings.

But he added that “we have a lot of liberal-minded folks who think this is not the answer.”

“I don’t think its DePaul’s place to make that determination,” Hall said. “It’s for broader society to determine.”

Hall said that in the current discussion, there is a connection between mental health and school shootings. Many Americans have asked: why would a mentally sane person go out and commit such heinous acts?

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This instance has occurred at multiple schools across the country, from Columbine High School in 1999, Virginia Tech in 2007, Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 and now recently at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where a man shot and killed 10 people and wounded seven before he himself was killed in a firefight with the police.

“There needs to be a dialogue in the city and outreach to students who are troubled in that particular way,” Hall said.

Thus far, there is not widespread evidence suggesting that mental health is directly linked to violence. The National School Boards Association found in its 2012 study that “for every violent perpetrator of mass killings who has a history of mental health disorders and/or physical and social stressors, there are hundreds of individuals who have similar profiles who do not become violent.”

Students had opinions of their own regarding the prevention of school shootings.

Hasan Cetin, a DePaul sophomore who studies political science, said the answer lays in

legislation.

“I think there should be more gun control laws,” Cetin said. “If there are more gun control laws, people wouldn’t have access to guns.”

At DePaul, Cetin said the security services were adequate. “I do believe our emergency things — blue towers — are enough.

One can go there and call the services and the police to stop this violence.”

For freshman journalism major John Minster, mental health is a bigger concern. Coming from a family of hunters, Minister said it wasn’t right to increase gun control, “But if someone has a mental issue, something should be done.”

“People get so outraged, it gives the murderer attention,” Minister said. “We don’t want to give the attention these people are seeking,” in reference to shooters.

DePaul student Cody McGlasnan held a similar view, that as a community DePaul should open its ears to anyone.

“I think the general problem as a society, as a whole, is we’re not listening to people,” McGlasnan said. “We should spend more time

reaching out to those who don’t reach out themselves. These people are in a lot of hurt.”

In terms of safety, students also held mixed views. Sophomore Elena Webstersaid that she feels that the dormitories are safe, but access for open buildings could be improved.

“I feel swipe access is a good thing to keep us safe. Anyone could come in. (It) makes me a little nervous,” Webster said.

Carla Castaneda, a freshman who is studying accounting, also said that swipe access concerns her.

“I think for a lot of the buildings, anyone could come in and no one would know,” Castaneda said.

But for freshman Marcus Cooper, “the school does a good job in keeping a good eye out for people.”

In the end, Wachowski said people need to trust their gut.

“If you see something — usually instinct is good — but report it to someone. See something, say something. In the world we live in currently, that shouldn’t be taken as a joke.”

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EVALUATIONS, continued from front page study, students within these colleges constitute about a third of DePaul’s total student body.

Inevitably, the tool draws comparisons to informal student rating sites proliferated throughout the internet, including the somewhat infamous Rate My Professor. SGA President Vanessa Cadavillo said that the organization hopes that posted course evaluations will prove to be a welcome alternative to Rate My Professor and other similar sites.

“The data we get from these questions are reflective of the progress and the effectiveness of course evaluations,” Cadavillo said. “What makes it different from other forums and platforms is that we know it can measure data and that students are typically given a scale.”

Opponents offer a multitude of reasons why they are uncomfortable with the idea of posting these evaluations for public viewing. Alexandra Murphy, an associate dean in the College of Communication, said that the faculty within the college is “overwhelmingly not in favor” of the feature.

“One of the biggest (reasons) is that we don’t think the evaluations were designed for that kind of public viewing.

We look at the evaluations for professional development, and so we would rather that they maintain that kind of sense,” Murphy said. “Students knowing that that information would be public might be more reticent to rank in different ways, or things like that. So we really want to keep the integrity of the evaluations for what we see them as designed for.”

She added that many faculty members would prefer to see comprehensive course syllabi added to the description of each class, although she acknowledged that this may be an imperfect compromise due to the shifting nature of schedules from quarter to quarter. Ultimately, she said, it may be best for students to arrange a meeting or phone call with a professor who teaches the course that they are interested in.

Some colleges, despite having similar reservations, ultimately voted to enact the feature, finding it preferential to other online options unsanctioned by the university. However, many faculty members within these colleges still take issue with the current framework of student evaluations, especially in regards to the inherent biases participants may have toward their professors and classes.

“I think that there are a lot of problems with student evaluations. Research has shown

DePaul Colleges and public course evaluations With public evaluations

- Business - CDM - Law - New Learning - Science & Health - Theatre that they are positively correlated with grades, that the personality of the faculty member has a lot to do with the evaluation, things that don’t necessarily deal with teaching effectiveness,” said Ray Whittington, dean of the Driehaus College of Business.

“The faculty that are against (the evaluations) really recognize that there are some limitations on the validity of the student evaluations.”

Whether or not these

DePaul adjusts to Handshake

By Jessica Villagomez News Editor

This year the DePaul Career Center introduced Handshake, a platform for students to search for internships and job listings as well as register for events hosted by the department.

Previously, DePaul Experience had been the platform through which students searched for career opportunities. However, after fifteen years, Experience was acquired and later discontinued.

“Last year, we were faced with having to change platforms, no matter what,” associate director of communications at the Career Center, Amanda Powers Snowden said. “The system that we had was going away so we needed to come up with a new platform that does the same thing.”

Finding a replacement was not an easy task. The limited number of platforms available as well as student feedback lead the office to choose Handshake, a start-up business created by young professionals hoping to revolutionize the way students use their career center.

“There are limited options out there for these large enterprise-wide systems,” Powers Snowden said. “We had heard feedback from students that Experience could be difficult to navigate, so that feedback was on our mind when we were searching for a new tool, we wanted something that seemed intuitive, we wanted something that seemed current and would be updated.”

Students can access Handshake through depaul.joinhandshake.com or careercenter. depaul.edu using their Campus Connect username and password. For first time users, the page will prompt the student to fill out a profile with personal information including GPA, major and an option to upload a resume.

Once a student utilizes Handshake more often and completes their profile, personally relevant content appears on the

newsfeed.

“There are algorithms that run behind it so the more you use it the smarter it gets,” Powers Snowden said. “Just like Facebook and Twitter, they get to know you and serve content that is relevant to you.”

Handshake also pulls a feed that directly connects to The Career Centers’ social media platforms.

“We’re trying to make it easier for students, if you follow us on Twitter or Facebook we can feed you some of these job descriptions,” Powers Snowden said.

In the future, social media platforms will also include Handshake posts for internships in addition to jobs.

But like all new online platforms, transitioning to Handshake has been a work in progress. Handshake launched for students toward the end of May last spring quarter.

“Based off my advising appointments, Handshake is still fairly new students and they are trying to access Handshake on their own,” peer career advisor Erica Mercado said. “They are still trying to get acquainted to it.”

In order to improve student use and inform students on how to access Handshake, Powers Snowden said the upcoming Fall Quarter presents the opportunity for quick tip sheets to be available to students as well as updated blog posts on quick tips on how to use the program.

“The system is constantly evolving. We want to keep students updated on what’s changing and evolving” she said.

Despite Handshakes’ early presence at DePaul, Powers Snowden said it will better aid students in finding career opportunities.

“It’s as if Facebook and LinkedIn had a baby and resulted in the Handshake platform,” she said. “It’s an easy interface that allows you to do the professional development things you want to do like find a job or an internship or register for a career fair or workshop.”

Without public evaluations - Communications - Education - Liberal Arts & Sciences - Music

limitations will continue as the evaluations progress in their public state remains to be seen, but Cadavillo said that SGA will be keeping close tabs on student reaction and participation in the evaluations as time progresses.

“Moving forward, we’re really going to be looking at how students respond to this program and how they respond to this tool,” Cadavillo said. “If it’s something that they prefer using over any other source, such

as Rate My Professor.”

She also added that SGA plans to maintain a dialogue with the student body both in person and through social media. This, she said, is the most vital tool in testing campus-wide enthusiasm for the feature.

“I think that we won’t be able to gauge how students feel about this tool if we don’t engage in conversation,” Cadavillo said.

News. Oct. 26, 2015. The DePaulia | 7 BUILDING, continued from front page The building will also include performances spaces. According to the Master Plan, the Concert Hall will have 505 seats. The main performance space will also have a small balcony, wood finishes and marble panels, Janis said.

Renovations and additions to the School of Music have been a vital part of DePaul’s 2009-2019 Master Plan.

The Master Plan also describes a, “140seat large recital hall, and an 81-seat small recital hall.” In addition to these recital halls, a jazz specific space will be located on the second floor.

“A smaller performance and teaching space is meant to be used specifically for jazz teaching, jazz and jazz bands,” Janis said.

The building will also include underground level parking and have the capacity to park about 125 cars.

“When we have events in the building we would have valet do all the parking to expedite movement and get even more cars parked in there. We’d like to get as many vehicles in there as possible” Janis said.

If the DePaul Board of Trustees approves the project, the first phase of construction will be assuring accessibility for students with the existing buildings.

“We have some temporary utilities work that needs to be put in place.

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A rendering of the exterior of the prosposed School of Music Center. The project, located where McGaw Hall currently sits, is a part of the university’s Vision 2018 master plan.

Currently, the heat plant, water facilities, toll communications and other things run through and are distributed through the existing McGaw building,” Janis said.

“We’ve got to relocate those things out before we can take McGaw down because we need to keep service coming for existing music building and concert halls.”

Janis estimates demolition will begin by mid to late January and take about six to eight weeks.

To accommodate students during construction, Janis said temporary practice facilities in McGaw would be relocated to a surrounding location on campus.

“There are also several music classes in McGaw that will be moved to another location on campus,” Janis said. The location of the temporary practice facilities has yet to be determined.

The School of Music building is expected to be completed by the end of March 2018.

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OCT. 15 1) A criminal damage to property report was filed for a cracked

OCT. 14 7) An assault report was filed for threats made to a student in

2) A disturbance report was filed for a disturbance in the Student

the Lewis Center.

8) A theft report was filed for a book bag taken from a room in the Lewis Center.

mirror in the Ray Meyer Fitness Center.

Center.

3) An unauthorized access report was filed for a person who followed another student into Munroe Hall without proper identification.

OCT. 16 4) A criminal trespass warning was given to an individual without proper identification in Schmitt Academic Center.

OCT. 17 5) A possession of cannabis report was filed for a person

in Belden-Racine Hall. The person was taken into custody by Chicago Police.

OCT. 19 6) A criminal trespass report was filed for a person who was on

campus and was an offender in a previous report by Public Safety.

OCT. 15 9) A criminal damage to property report was filed for a television cabinet damaged in the DePaul Center.

10) A theft report was filed for a laptop taken from the library in the DePaul Center.

OCT. 18 11) A criminal damage to property report was filed for graffiti on the DePaul Center.

OCT. 19 12) A disturbance report was filed for someone arguing with the manager of Sbarro. The person was asked to leave the building.

OCT. 20 13) A criminal damage report was filed for graffiti in the CDM building.

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Nation &World

Chicago, China celebrate 30 years of sisterhood

By Muhammad Ahmed Contributing Writer

This month, more than 100 delegates and mayors from two of the world’s superpowers — China and the U.S. — met in Chicago Oct. 22-23 for a historic convening at the Hilton Chicago for the 2015 U.S.-China Sister Cities Conference took place Oct. 22-23.

This is the second time this conference has ever taken place. However, it is in commemoration of the long-lasting relationship between Chicago and its sister cities Shanghai and Shenyang, a relationship that celebrated its 30-year history through events spanning the two days.

Relations between the U.S. and China have been complicated over the last few months. During the summer, the U.S. accused China of using cyberattacks to gain information on American companies, which the country denied. President Obama and President Xi Jinping formed a pact in September against the use of such attacks, but it is unclear how this pact will be enforced in the U.S. or in China.

In Chicago, relations to China are different than the ones seen on the national level.

The leaders in attendance discussed how this strong relationship has been a catalyst for economic growth, as well as how it has created the ability to share cultural and educational experiences to gain an understanding of one another.

Chinese and American corporate executives discussed how to successfully conduct business between China in investment and trade. Also in attendance were mayors from many American cities, including Miami, San Diego, Washington D.C., and Chicago.

The last conference was held in Washington D.C., where Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans by the Wanda Group of China to build an 89-story residential and hotel tower along the Chicago River, which would surpass the Aon Center to become the third tallest skyscraper in the skyline. Emanuel applauded the Wanda group for choosing an all Chicago team for the project, calling it a “great building.”

World Business Chicago President Jeff Malehorn said Chicago has sister city relationships with 28 cities around the world, but China is the sole country with two cities in partnership with the city.

If this convening showed anything, it is that U.S.-China relations in business and education are stronger than ever. Despite any differences they may have politically.

Wenjian Fang, the executive vice president of Bank of China’s U.S. operations, spoke about the opportunity of Chinese companies in financial meccas such as Chicago. “(The Bank of China) came here three years ago and in only three years we have grown from zero to a bank with assets close to $3 billion US dollars,” Fang said.

Many Chinese companies have expanded to the United States in recent years.

Mary Kane, President and CEO of Sister Cities International talked about the history of the organization since its inception by President Dwight Eisenhower, and the shared mission of the countries and cities involved to “learn more about each other, celebrate their similarities, appreciate their differences, and build

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Chicago's sister cities also include Paris, France, Amman, Jordan, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Delhi, India and Belgrade Serbia to name a few more. The purpose of Chicago's partnerships with these cities is to promote Chicago as a global city, according to the Chicago Sister Cities website. The group emphasizes international partnerships, networks and citizen-to-citizen connections. lasting partnerships that ensure a future of sustained peace,” Kane said.

Kane also spoke about the recent visit

by Chinese president Xi Jinping to Tacoma, Washington, where well-off Chinese have started to send their children to high school. The rise of international students in American colleges and universities is noteworthy. The majority of the students from abroad are from Asian countries, with China being the highest supplier.

Anastasia Dellaccio, director of marketing and communications for Sister Cities International, partly organized the meeting of the sister cities. Sister Cities International plans to continue their relationship with China. Shenyang doctors will meet with fellows from the University of Chicago Medical Center, and doctors from Shanghai will also address Chicago in August.

“Nothing ever substitutes what it means to see people face to face. Our goal is to bring people together in a forum that promotes innovation and growth,” Dellaccio said.

The push for innovation and growth, as well as connections between Chinese citizens and residents of Chicago, that Dellaccio and other speakers talked about can already be seen in the city. Chicago welcomes these citizens. These cultural exchanges have helped grow businesses in Chicago, as well as given students opportunities to see the world and interact with those who come from different backgrounds and origins than themselves,

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Mary Kane, president and CEO of Chicago Sister Cities International, speaks at the Chicago sister cities event Friday. The gathering brought together mayors of American cities and Chinese leaders to celebrate 30 years of partnership and growth. which seems to fit the main goal of Chicago Sister Cities International. These partnerships will, hopefully, have positive effects on the markets of Chicago and its sister cities to make the next 30 years even more lucrative ecoomically and culturally.

The 2016 conference returns to Washington D.C. next July, where the

theme will be the celebration of “60 years of peace through people.” The initiative has come a long way since the days of President Eisenhower, and it promises to further strengthen the relationships of the countries using the diplomatic sister city approach.

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First lady continues activism with new project

By Geoff Stellfox Contributing Writer

First lady Michelle Obama announced on Monday that her Reach Higher Initiative would be launching a new program geared towards encouraging youth to pursue education after high school, whether it’s college, trade school or job training. This program, called “Better Make Room,” focuses on engaging teens between the ages of 14 and 19 through social media.

"The idea behind Better Make Room is pretty simple. We want to create a space where young people can engage with each other, where they can inspire each other to complete their education beyond high school," Michelle Obama said in a press conference. "Because the truth is that right now, that space really doesn’t exist in our popular culture."

This program was created to help achieve President Barack Obama’s goal of increased college enrollment in the next five years. Recently the United States has slipped in proportion of college graduates compared to the rest of the world, and president Obama said he hopes to reclaim the top spot by 2020.

The first lady’s project is not unlike other projects that previous first ladies have taken on. Martha Washington helped veterans of the American Revolution who were suffering from poverty, Mary Lincoln was a supporter and contributor of the Freedman’s Bureau, which helped freed slaves find housing, education and employment. Obama’s projects have expanded upon the goals of the office; to better the nation by addressing issues that may hinder success.

Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the most well-known first ladies because of her projects.

“I think that throughout the history of the US, (first ladies) have played significant roles in campaigning for women's rights, even going back to Abigail Adams asking John to ‘remember the ladies,’ giving them an important place in politics,” Will Bermudez, DePaul senior, said. “I consider (Eleanor Roosevelt) a key figure in the history of political broadcasting, paving the way for other politicians to be comfortable with publicizing themselves in this manner.”

Using their platforms to broadcast the importance of issues in the past required speaking tours and teaming up with organizations. Now it requires a different type of invisible hand to reach out to citizens, often in the form of social media campaigns.

Several media and communication outlets have joined first lady Obama's project already, including Funny or Die, the CW and Vine. While their roles aren’t clearly defined, they have committed to spreading the initiative’s messages through their networks and creating public service announcements. Additionally, Michelle Obama is currently touring the United States in order to gain more traction for the initiative and to gain support, including that of LeBron James, who recently undertook an education initiative of his own in Cleveland.

There is skepticism surrounding the first lady’s program in its potential to have an impact and if it can really make a difference with the students most at risk.

Dawn Turner of the Chicago Tribune has

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First lady Michelle Obama greets Cleveland Cavaliers' basketball player LeBron James at The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio Wednesday. James teamed up with Obama to celebrate the importance of secondary education at a private event for the campaign. hope for the project but said its success depends on if it can reach the students who need this project most. The fear is that these types of programs don’t alleviate other risks these students face such as violence and lack of resources.

While it’s much too soon to measure the impact of the initiative, teachers are hopeful.

“We want to make it clear to students that college isn’t your only option after

high school. We’d love for them to look into trade school or other training if they feel like college isn’t for them. Our hope is that they continue their education in one form or another, and Better Make Room could be a great way for positive reinforcement from peers,” Charlie Walesa, a social studies teacher at Goshen High School, said. “Students need to know that they have options.”

Assad willing to discuss change after victory

By ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad is willing to run in an early presidential election, hold parliamentary elections and discuss constitutional changes, but only after the defeat of "terrorist" groups, Russian lawmakers said after meeting with the Syrian leader on Sunday.

The meeting came as Russia, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Turkey were discussing new ideas for a political transition to end Syria's nearly five-year civil war, which has killed 250,000 people and displaced half the country's population.

The Western-backed Syrian opposition and other insurgent groups have refused to back any plan that does not include Assad's exit from power, and were unlikely to view any elections held by his government as legitimate. The Syrian government considers the entire armed opposition to be "terrorists."

"This is all political equivocation," Munzer Akbik, a member of the main opposition Syrian National Council, told The Associated Press. "There is no sense in talking about elections now before a real transition of power."

Communist lawmaker Alexander Yushchenko told the Tass news agency that Assad is ready to hold parliamentary elections "on the basis of all political forces that want Syria's prosperity." He said Assad is also ready to discuss constitutional reform and, if necessary, hold presidential elections, but only "after the victory over terrorism."

Assad won re-election by a landslide in a vote held more than a year ago. His term expires in 2021.

The latest push for a diplomatic solution to the conflict comes in the wake of Russia's

commander was the target, the group said.

HRW called on Moscow to investigate the attacks.

Moscow has invited the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Turkey to coordinate their air campaigns, which target the IS. But so far the U.S.-led coalition has refused to cooperate with Russia's operations beyond a basic agreement intended to prevent midair incidents. Jordan, a member of the U.S.-led coalition, has agreed to separately coordinate with Russia.

All previous peace efforts were founded on the question of Assad's fate, with the government and its allies insisting that he remain in power to oversee a transition and the opposition and its backers insisting he must go in order to end the war.

The conflict began with a wave of mostly peaceful protests in 2011 against the Assad family's four-decade rule, and only ALEXEI DRUZHININ | AP escalated into a full-blown civil war when In this photo taken on Tuesday President Bashar Assad was in Moscow, in his first known trip his forces launched a bloody crackdown on abroad since the war broke out in Syria in 2011, to meet his strongest ally Russian leader Vladimir dissent.

Putin. The two leaders stressed that the military operations in Syria — in which Moscow is the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew latest and most powerful addition — must lead to a political process. to Saudi Arabia Saturday. After meeting intervention, which Moscow says is aimed and Turkey. with King Salman and other officials, at helping the government defeat the FSA commander Lt. Col. Ahmed Saoud the two sides "reiterated the need for a Islamic State group and other "terrorists." scoffed at the suggestion, saying "Russia transition away" from Assad and pledged Assad told the Russian delegation must first admit that the regime of Assad to continue support for the moderate that Moscow's entry into the conflict is must go."

Syrian opposition. "the writing of a new history" and will On Sunday, the New-York based A Saudi newspaper, Asharq al-Awsat, determine the future of the region and the Human Rights Watch said at least two meanwhile published Saturday what it said world, Syria's state-run SANA news outlet airstrikes on Oct. 15, described by residents was a nine-point Russian proposal floated said. as Russian, killed 59 civilians, including 33 at a meeting in Vienna.

After first questioning the presence of children.

The report said the proposal included the Western-backed Free Syrian Army and One of the airstrikes killed 46 family setting a joint targets list between the calling it a "phantom structure," Russian members, including 32 children and 12 countries conducting airstrikes in Syria, a Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said women who were all related to a local cease-fire between the FSA and government Saturday that Moscow is ready to aid the commander affiliated with the FSA in forces and guarantees from Moscow that group in its fight against IS militants. The the village of Ghantou, in the central Assad will not run in the next elections. The FSA is an amalgam of rebel groups, some Homs province. The second airstrike was proposal also included a clause that would headed by defectors from the Syrian army, in another town nearby, and killed 13 allow Russia to keep its military presence and includes factions armed and trained by civilians and a local FSA commander when in Syria, with necessary U.N. resolutions, as the CIA and others backed by Saudi Arabia it hit near a bakery. It was not clear if the guaranteed to the plan.

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Opinions

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A misogynist music industry impacts artists and their fans

By Erin Yarnell Arts & Life Editor

With her most recent album “1989,” Taylor Swift was able to make some of her greatest accomplishments as an artist so far in her 11-year career. After co-writing every song on the 16-track album and writing “This Love” on her own, “1989” went on to sell millions and had the highest sales week for an album since Eminem released "The Eminem Show" in 2002. As of September, her tour for the album grossed over $130 million, with 1.1 million tickets sold.

On a personal level, the album marked her departure from the country genre that she began her career in, certifying Swift as a pop star. But all of this wasn't what earned “1989” respect of some critics and listeners — alternative musician Ryan Adams' cover of the hit album was.

Triple J, an Australian radio station, has previously refused to play Swift but played Adams' cover of “Wildest Dreams” in September. The New Yorker reviews Adams' cover album, but not Swift's original.

Adams' adaptation of the album work is taken more seriously as it is not pop music, a genre widely regarded to be of no value. Much of this, of course, has to do with sexism, as most of pop music’s most vocal fan base is female.

The interests that women and girls are mocked for range throughout various forms of

culture, but can be most easily recognized in their interests in pop music.

“Pop music does get labeled as king of a feminine space,” Daniel Bashara, a professor of media and cinema studies at DePaul, said. “As does everything that's considered low taste like the romance novel and soap operas. All of these things that we like to call 'low culture' also happen to be enjoyed by women.

And that's not a coincidence in the sense that the people making those distinctions are primarily men.”

DePaul freshman Elaine Omori is no stranger to being laughed at for her passion for boy bands including Backstreet Boys and 98 Degrees. Omori, a New Kids on the Block fan, has been lovingly mocked by her family and friends, who point out that Omori has “bad taste.”

“My best friend has made jabs at me,” Ormori said. “I'll tell her how much I like a song, and she'll say, with distaste, ‘That's because you like pop music.’”

Not only is the genre itself regarded as bad, but fans, especially teenage girls, are made fun of because of their devotion to the genre.

“By brushing these girls aside and laughing at how stupid whatever they like is, we tell these young women that their interests are less important than what men like,” Sandra Song wrote in an op-ed for Pitchfork in April.

Partly because of its large female fan base, pop music

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Fans get excited before One Direction's concert at Soldier Field in Chicago on Aug. 23. in general is looked at as a “lesser” form of music — but this is also because of its mass commercialization and perceived lack of talent by pop stars.

In an interview with Loudwire, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor described his hatred for the genre.

“It's so auto tuned and it's so beat corrected and it's so canned and processed and lifeless,” Taylor said.

It's obvious to anyone who follows a pop star on social media or attends a pop concert that the music is bursting with life and passion, rather than what Taylor said about it being lifeless.

Swift, Katy Perry and other pop stars regularly get hundreds of thousands of comments on their posts from adoring fans.

One Direction concerts are filled

with fans with tears in their eyes. Because of the personal nature of pop songs, fans are allowed to not only become fans of the music, but also see life through the eyes of the pop stars themselves, creating an intense devotion to the artists.

“What draws me most to boy bands are the members of each group,” Omori said. “I enjoy watching old interviews and TV appearances on YouTube, when many of the guys were teenagers and laughing at their silly antics.”

“I tend to favor the shy guys, like Jonathan Knight in New Kids on the Block or Mark Feehily in Westlife,” Omori said.

There is also the argument that pop music is inescapable, which is simply not the case.

According to radio-locator. com, there are 83 radio stations

within listening range from Chicago. Two of them play Top 40 hits, while the rest cater to genres including Spanish, country and hip-hop.

Pop is unreasonably one of the most scoffed-at genres in music, and it's hard to imagine it one day getting the respect it deserves. The genre, filled with passionate fans and talented musicians will probably continue to fight for respect with future releases, but in the meantime current albums need the validation they deserve, especially "1989." The album broke ground in pop music through its massive sales and impact and made Swift an allout power force in music. She shouldn't need validation from an indie rocker to prove this.

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The power of the young voter

By Hannah Pipes Copy Editor

Donald Trump shocked the nation with his fast rise to leading candidate of the Republican Party for the 2016 presidential election. His statements have angered the public, mostly with his harsh position against undocumented immigrants. Ben Carson is beginning to follow his lead by making outlandish comments as well. While some older demographics seem to agree with their extreme, conservative views, college students as a majority are in fierce opposition to them.

According to a survey conducted by online textbook rental service Chegg, college students tend to lean more towards the left with political views, with 30 percent identifying as liberal, 39 percent identifying as middle of the road, 12 percent identifying as other and only 17 percent identifying as conservative.

But younger generations have been criticized for being indifferent towards politics. In the 2012 presidential election, a mere 38 percent of all 18 to 24-year-olds voted. However, the outlandish comments by Trump, Carson and other potential candidates may inspire some students to head out to the voting booth to ensure that the beliefs of the elected president represent their own.

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunners of the Democratic Party, seem to be putting a specific emphasis on pandering towards college age students.

Sanders appeals to the younger demographic with his ideas of raising the minimum wage and making college tuition free.

Clinton reaches out to college students by proposing a plan to lower tuition and by visiting colleges across the country.

In the survey conducted by Chegg, the three top favored potential candidates of any party by college students are Sanders, Biden and Clinton, in that order.

But Biden announced Oct. 21 that he would not be running for the 2016 presidential election, leaving Sanders and Clinton as the leaders in the polls among college students.

The Republican candidates are having a harder time appealing to college-aged voters. Trump appears to be the frontrunner of the party, but according to the same Chegg study, Trump is the least-liked candidate among college students with 77 percent finding him to be an unfavorable option for presidency.

To many young adults, the idea of Trump or Carson being elected into office is too ridiculous to even think about.

“Imagining someone who is all about Donald Trump, I can’t even do it. I can’t even picture it,” DePaul student Sarah Mitchell said. “In a way, it almost doesn’t motivate me to feel more strongly about (politics) because I don’t even consider (Trump being elected president as) something that’s going to happen.”

Only 29 percent of college students found Carson to be an unfavorable candidate as of September, and the public's approval of him is continuously

put into question because of his outlandish comments.

Carson and Trump's political strategy of bluntness and avoiding political correctness resonates with some voters. But it has also sparked outrage for many people — college students being a big part of that category.

Despite this, the outrageous comments are still captivating to the American public.

“It’s making me involved because I’m definitely reading what they’re saying,” DePaul junior Emily Guerin said. “It doesn’t sway me one way or another because I know a lot of (a presidential campaign is) just a show to put on to get more attention. I mostly just won’t vote because I don’t align with any of the politics.”

Carson faced backlash a couple weeks ago when he said that the Holocaust may have been prevented if German civilians were armed. Trump received similar scrutiny after claiming that had he been president on 9/11, the hijackers involved would never have made it into the country.

Many voters below the age of 25 may be uninterested in the world of politics, but their easy access to the Internet and social media makes learning about the candidates an effortless process.

“I think that younger people are going to vote because there’s more of an online presence of what is being said by outlandish candidates like Donald Trump,” Guerin said.

The only way to solve the issue of offensive candidates is for college students and the rest of the American public to use their vote. A significant

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percentage of the country has made it clear that Trump and Carson do not represent their ideals and beliefs, so these voters should make their opinions count.

No matter what politics you support, filling out a ballot in November 2016 is the only way

to truly take part in deciding who will win in the race to the oval office. If you fail to do this and the winning candidate is unfavorable in your mind, you will regret not taking part in the opportunity to vote.

Chicago gun violence mirrors national issue

By Johnfranco Joyce Contributing Writer

Israel LaSalle stood mixing a batch of Kool-Aid, babysitting his two grandchildren as they scurried throughout the house playing cops and robbers — a game far too realistic within their Humboldt Park neighborhood.

The 6-year-old boy climbed atop the refrigerator and grabbed the loaded gun wrapped in pajama pants and unintentionally shot his three-year-old brother Eian in the head, killing him.

The scene of events marks the 369th person shot to death within the city of Chicago in 2015, according to Chicago Data Portal. While local and international news outlets and Chicago residents have become numb to the recurring stories of fatal fire within the city, the story of Eian’s tragic death heightens a highly politicized local and national debate regarding gun reform.

As President Barack Obama said following the recent mass shooting spree at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College that resulted in the deaths of ten people, “We are not the only country on Earth that has people with mental illnesses or want to do harm to other people. We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every

few months.”

In 21st-century American society, there now exists a constitutional right provided by an originalist interpretation of the Second Amendment that gives every American citizen the right to bear arms in order to protect themselves and gather as a self-pronounced “wellregulated militia.”

The interpretation, or misinterpretation, of the Second Amendment resembles a polar debate fixated on two political parties at odds.

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) long fight stems back to the late 1970s and their transformation into a political entity, paired with the 1980 election of a gun enthusiast president in Ronald Reagan, marked the mere beginning of a mission aimed at transforming the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment.

Republicans stand protecting the “security of the free state” as essential in protecting the individual freedom and safety of American citizens. Liberals emphatically declare the amendment conferred solely on state militias the right to bear arms, not individuals.

While American citizens no longer face the need to rise up against a distant British government, the Supreme Court’s

holding via the 2008 Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller continues to be a topic of debate.

The issue at hand lies within the impact of living in a country with newly established gun rights enabling the assembly of a citizen-armed militia.

Evidently, these laws have been of no aid in stopping the recent mass shootings in schools, churches, movie theaters and navy yards.

“After Sandy Hook, even as a responsible gun owner, I decided to get rid of my modern military guns,” longtime gun collector Michael Boyd said. “I didn’t want to feel somehow complicit even by mere association.”

To a large mass of Americans, more shootings simply means a need for more guns. Yet, in a society where there are enough guns in circulation to arm every man, woman and child in America, an alternate reform seems better suitable.

In recent history, Chicago stood strongest on strict gun laws. Republican presidential hopefuls such as Donald Trump, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina have all pointed to Chicago as living proof that strict gun laws leave no substantial impact on halting crime.

In reality, Chicago’s strict reputation on gun laws are not as strict as they seem.

While former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley fought to keep handguns off the streets, he eventually lost his battle in 2010 to the Supreme Court as the city’s handgun ban was struck down. In 2012, Chicago’s conceal carry ban was struck down, leaving gun advocates with one last bone to pick, the city’s longtime gun store ban.

“Legislative powers think imposing stricter laws on citizens who want guns is the solution,” DePaul senior Mick Mulvaney said. “Under this pretense the stricter law will scare people from obtaining a weapon.”

According to the Chicago Tribune, 60 percent of police-seized guns used in Chicago crimes spanning from 2009 to 2013 were originally purchased in other states. Every day, roughly 20 guns are taken off the city’s streets. This year alone, the Chicago Police Department has collected 5,500 illegal weapons. But even with zero gun stores in Chicago, gun violence remains a rampant safety issue.

“These laws don’t prevent anyone in this country from acquiring a weapon, similar to this alleged “drug war” America has been ‘valiantly’ fighting since 1971,” Mulvaney said.

It seems the self-assembled militia has gone to war against itself.

The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.

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Focus

NETFLIX

Bypass what is trending to get the most of your Netflix subscription

By Erin Yarnall Ars & Life Editor

In this day and age, when ‘Netflix and chill’ has become a verb, it’s safe to say the streaming website has taken over as the new way in which to watch entertainment.

According to a letter to shareholders, as of Oct. 14, Netflix has 69.17 million subscribers, roughly the size of the the population of France, in over 50 countries throughout the world — but primarily in North America and Europe. The company is planning to branch out to Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan by next year.

The site no longer relies solely on hosting content from other sources. In 2012, Netflix began producing its own content when they released the crime show “Lilyhammer.” The Norwegian-American show is about a New York gangster, played by Steven Van Zandt, who

Television series "THE INBETWEENERS"

"BETTER OFF TED"

"A YOUNG DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK"

This British sitcom depicts the lives of British teenage boys and their attempts to get through school and get girls to notice them. The Inbetweeners is laugh-out-loud funny, and in addition to the three incredible seasons that are currently streaming, Netflix is also hosting the two hilarious films that were released after the show ended.

The satirical sitcom ran on ABC for two seasons and starred Jay Harrington as Ted and Portia de Rossi from Arrested Development as his boss, Veronica Palmer.

Similar to other shows that have found success on Netflix, “Better off Ted” was critically acclaimed, yet lacked viewership. It thankfully found a fanbase on the streaming site.

Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe star as Dr. Vladimir Bomgard, with Radcliffe playing the younger version in 1917, and Hamm as the older version 16 years later.

The British dark comedy reflects on Bomgard’s time working at a hospital in rural Russia around the time of the Russian Revolution.

Photo courtesy of E4

Drama "FRANK"

"THE HUNT"

Inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the comic persona of Chris Sievey, an English musician, Frank follows Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), a musician who joins a band led by Frank (Michael Fassbender), a very strange man who is always wearing a paper mache head.

"Frank is super weird and unconventional," DePaul freshman Taylor Truskowski said. "That's why I like it. It's different and interesting."

Starring Mads Mikkelson from “Hannibal,” the Danish film, “The Hunt,” is about Lucas (Mikkelson), a kindergarten teacher who is wrongly accused of sexually assaulting one of his students.

Mikkelson won the Best Actor award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for his role.

"WORLD'S GREATEST DAD" As one of the last films in the late comedian Robin Williams’ career, it is meaningful not only as another piece of the hilarious comedy to treasure, but it reflects the manner of his death so poignantly.

In the film, Lance Clayton (Williams) tries to cover up his son’s death from autoerotic asphyxiation, and stages it as a suicide from hanging. The film beautifully touches on depression and suicide, which Williams would sadly die from five years after.

Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

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Beyond the queue joins the Witness Protection Program and is moved to Norway. It premiered on the Norwegian television channel NRK1 on Jan. 25, 2012, and then was made available for American audiences all at once on Netflix a month later.

“Netflix’s original series are now competing with some of the best of television and movies,” Paul Booth, a professor of media and cinema studies at DePaul, said.

The original content produced by the website has been nominated for numerous awards. “House of Cards,” “Orange is the New Black” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” — all Netflix Originals — were nominated for Emmy Awards this past year, with Uzo Aduba winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for “Orange is the New Black.”

Netflix has also begun branching out into creating original movies in addition to their original television content, most recently with “Beasts of No Nation,” starring Idris Elba. The film follows an African warlord (Elba), as he trains an orphan to join his group of soldiers. The film opened in theaters on Oct. 16 in a limited release and was available to stream on Netflix simultaneously after Netflix purchased the worldwide distribution rights for the film for $12 million.

The company is also known for bringing back shows that have previously ended, including “Arrested Development,” “The Killing” and the upcoming “Full House” spinoff, “Fuller House.”

“Netflix’s model of financing new shows, cult shows and revivals of shows has helped a lot of series come

back from the dead,” Booth said. “Rather than having to be beholden to the network and the constraints of an arbitrary advertising model, shows on Netflix have the opportunity to explore deeper, darker and more adult themes.”

"Netflix has impacted the film and TV industry in a positive way," DePaul senior Benyamin Rios said. "Many shows are able to at least get a shot with Netflix that they probably wouldn't get with cable TV. There's also less pressure for production as episodes do not have to necessarily follow a schedule."

Beyond Netflix's popular titles however, lies a series of Netflix hidden gems that don't get the credit they deserve. As the streaming giant raises their prices by $1 for new customers this November, explore everything

Comedy "TIMER"

"HEATHERS"

"ELECTION"

Starring Emma Caulfield, best known for her role in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” "TiMER" is a science-fiction film in which humans have timers embedded in their arms that count down to the moment when they meet their soulmate. The adorable film is filled with laughs as Oona (Caulfield) attempts to find her true love.

After watching the film “Heathers,” it becomes apparent that almost every female-driven high school movie made after this film has been directly influenced by it.

Starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as a couple who murder fellow students and frame them as suicides, leading to suicide becoming the key to popularity, “Heathers” is not only one of the most iconic high school films, but one of the greatest films of all time.

Based on Tom Perrotta’s novel of the same name, “Election” follows four narrators through a high school election for class president. While all four narrators are fantastically entertaining in the flim, Reese Witherspoon shines in one of her early roles as Tracy Flick, the overambitious high school junior who thinks of nothing but winning everything she attempts.

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Horror "DEAD SILENCE"

"TROLLHUNTER"

"THE BABADOOK"

Before 2014’s “Annabelle” made viewers scared of dolls all over again, “Dead Silence” was released and directed by “Saw” director James Wan. Although it’s not the greatest horror film ever made, and has a really dumb ending, “Dead Silence” definitely offers up its fair share of scares.

Made in the foundfootage style, “Trollhunter” follows a group of Norwegian college students who set out to make a documentary about bear poachers, and instead come across massive trolls in the mountains of Norway.

Despite the fact that it’s a found-footage film, it’s excellently shot and features one of the most interesting and captivating stories in a film of its genre.

A horror movie with a genuinely good story is rare to come across recently, but “The Babadook” definitely delivers. The 2014 Australian film follows Amelia, a single mother who, along with her young son, is tormented by an evil boogeyman-esque entity called the Babadook.

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Arts & Life

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Big and Little’s offers sandwiches and tacos at their Belmont Avenue location.

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Nini’s Deli is home to the Cubanito sandwich, inspired by Cuban ingredients.

BREAD FOR SUCCESS Chicago is home to some of the tastiest and most unique sandwiches in the country

By Colin Sallee Staff Writer

Chicago has a rich history of providing its citizens with an abundance of meat, cheese and bread.

Condiments and toppings?

Yes, those bases are also covered with the likes of tomatoes, neon green relish, onions, peppers, bacon and avocado among others.

Chicago’s claim to national sandwich fame is the iconic Italian Beef sandwich, created in the late 1930’s by Al Ferrari and some of his family members. Since the thinly sliced beef was thrown onto an Italian roll and dipped into its own pan drippings, before being doused with hot peppers, nothing has been the same.

The city has arguably been the sandwich capital of America for quite some time.

Chicago hosted the first National Sandwich Month competition in 1956 and touted the sandwich as staple in daily American life.

A local bread company, The Wheat Flour Institute, held the event on Jackson Avenue, not too far from where DePaul’s Loop campus now stands. The Rueben, a Jewish staple that features corned beef stacked to the sky between two pieces of rye bread, dressed in sauerkraut and Russian dressing, took home the inaugural crown.

Nowadays, the sandwich culture in our city is thriving.

The basic ham and cheese on white with a smear of mayo for lunch is gone. Sandwiches can now be enjoyed by patrons across the city and at any time of the day.

Whether it’s a sausage and pepper jack breakfast sandwich at Eva’s Café in Old Town, or a pork belly Po’ boy from Big and Little’s in Lincoln Park, the options have become

overwhelming.

Eva’s Café, which is 25 steps from the Brown Line train on Sedgwick Avenue, features breakfast sandwiches so decadent, that they only sell them three days a week.

“I’m not in the kitchen often, but when I’m here, best believe I’m cooking some legit breakfast,” Brandon Schnake, a 23-year-old film student at Columbia College who cooks at Eva’s three days a week, said.

“When I’m not in school, I’m in the kitchen. I try to think of new ideas and ingredients to integrate into the menu.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so I want to make it count.”

The menu at Eva’s includes a great mix of coffees and pastries, like most in the city do. However, the apple woodsmoked bacon and cheddar muffin stares customers right in the face when they are looking at the menu.

This hearty sandwich is cooked to order, and features some of the softest and most flavorful scrambled eggs you may ever have.

The melty cheddar is a bonus, and the salty bacon is the equalizer. Paired with peppery hash browns that Schnake calls “potato coins,” this meal will have you salivating with satisfaction.

Just a few miles north of Eva’s, and a block east of the Belmont CTA Red Line stop, is another breakfast joint, Kanela Breakfast Club.

They sport an elaborate brunch menu that features another high-end breakfast item.

This sandwich includes pork sausage, arugula and cheddar cheese, topped with a sweet and spicy pepper jam that provides an element that can’t be explained — one that

makes you close your eyes for a few seconds to allow your taste buds to thank you. The combustion of flavor is held together with a homemade English muffin.

Despite being a meat-crazy city, a meatless sandwich has become one of the cities most sought after lunches.

Nini’s Deli, on Noble Street between Ohio Street and Grand Avenue, has become quick riser on Chicago’s sandwich pillar.

“I didn’t realize the artistry that goes into a quality sandwich until just recently,” Juan-Elias Riesco, former DePaul student, and general manager at Nini’s Deli said.

“I’ve got a background in graphic design, and was hesitant about the restaurant business when I first started in early 2014. I wanted to come up with a sandwich that was simple, but highlighted both Cuban and American ingredients,” Riesco said.

The “Cubanito” is hardly your standard Cuban sandwich.

It features egg, platanos (plantains), black beans, white cheese, all on simply toasted French bun.

The vegetarian-friendly sandwich has gained so much of a following that it will be featured on an upcoming episode of ABC’s “Chicago’s Best.”

But don’t fret, carnivores.

There’s also plenty of meaty options for you.

Start with Big and Little’s, which boasts two locations.

One on Orleans Street, just south of Division Street and the other on Belmont Avenue, a block west of the Red Line stop.

“Their tacos are insane, but man, that pork belly Po’ Belly is next level,” Ray Watkins, a junior public relations major at

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The “Prez Obama” burger is one of the more popular items at Good Stuff Eatery in the Loop. The burger is topped with bacon, horseradish mayo, onion marmalade and Roquefort cheese.

DePaul said. “It’s a place to eat lunch and dinner honestly. Any one of their sandwiches could be a full meal to end your day.”

Ray is on to something as the pork belly Po’ boy is savory, salty, rich and flavorful. It has been featured on shows like “Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives,” “Chicago’s Best” and “Mystery Diners.” For just $8, you’ll be very satisfied.

Pigs are plentiful in the city, yes. But of course, we love our cows as well.

Good Stuff Eatery is a nostalgic, modern sort of diner that prides itself on fresh ingredients. A standout on their menu is the ooey-gooey “Prez Obama” burger. A rich blend of bacon, horseradish mayo, onion marmalade and Roquefort cheese on top of an all-beef farm-raised burger.

This burger is relentless, so make sure you’re near a couch or comfy chair before consuming.

We are lucky to have this establishment right in the backyard of our Loop campus.

It is located under the Brown,

Purple, Pink and Orange line train on Wabash Avenue.

The volume and variety of sandwiches that we’ve been able to enjoy in Chicago are second to none. The ingredients are plentiful, the chefs are creative, and customers typically willing to eat outside the box.

Robert Rotenberg, an anthropology professor at DePaul who focuses on urban landscape and city-based food production, said the sandwich has yet to scratch the surface of its potential.

“I think there’s still a lot of room for development along the sandwich lines,” Rotenberg said. “The brave new world of sandwich making lies in the area of vegetarian sandwiches.

The thousand renditions of the burrito are played out, now I believe it is about finding that real balance that makes a great sandwich. That can be done with, and without meat.”

It’s hard to believe a food culture like ours has yet to reach its sandwich ceiling, but that is the case.

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‘Suffragette’ connects with modern issues

By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

Throughout the past 96 years since women have gained the right to vote, many young female voters have stopped caring about the political power their vote holds, and voter turnout has continued to decrease. According to the Census Bureau, 38 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds voted in the last presidential election. The low voter turnout reflects a population that has become ambivalent about the hard fought battle to gain the fundamental right that is the center of “Suffragette,” a historical drama film that was released earlier this week.

The film is set in East London and follows a small group of women who are campaigning for their right to vote. But the issues that the film touches upon go deeper than just the suffragist movement and the fight for the vote.

The film reflects issues that were not only pertinent a century ago, but are still incredibly relevant today including sexual assault, domestic violence and wage discrimination. For instance, Maud, (Carey Mulligan) complains to her boss that she and her female coworkers do just as much, if not more, work than their male counterparts, yet are paid significantly less.

Maud’s call for equality reflects a recent call made by Jennifer Lawrence in an essay for lennyletter.com, “Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?” in which she calls out the wage gap in Hollywood. Even Meryl Streep, one of the stars of “Suffragette,” and who is widely regarded to be one of the greatest actresses of all time, said she is paid less than her male co-stars in an interview to BBC Radio 4 Today.

It’s not just celebrities who are paid unequally — women, on average, make 77 percent of what their male counterparts make, according to the Pew Research Center. And it is the average working-class women that the film focuses on, rather than the well-known, aristocratic leaders of the suffrage movement in Britain like Emmeline Pankhurst.

“When we think about the suffrage movement, we think about women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, in England it’s the Pankhursts,” Beth Kelly, a professor of women and gender studies at DePaul said.

“In reality, the change is made by the people who are marching in the parades and collecting the signatures, and while leadership is important, so is the grassroots activism.”

The historical drama follows fictional working-class women and their increasing involvement in the suffrage movement, which resulted in arrests, prison sentences, hunger strikes and force-feeding. This led to the depiction of police brutality in the film, as the activists were beaten by the police whenever they organized, an issue still relevant today with Black Lives Matter, an activist movement campaigning against police brutality directed towards African-Americans The connections to modern activist movements are what makes “Suffragette” a relevant film, although it is set over a century ago.

“I think all drama is about trying to extract the universal from the specific,” Alison Owen, one of the producers of “Suffragette” said. “This movie is on two levels. It’s about the events themselves, but it’s also a metaphorical statement of Black Lives Matter, of the Arab Spring,

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Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan) and Violet Miller (Anne-Marie Duff), are two working-class women in “Suffragette” who join the suffrage movement. Although the film is set over a century ago, it connects to many modern issues. of anything you want to apply to sentence.” percent of films are directed by The lack of women’s history white, straight, educated men and it. We knew this story had a real resonance for women today and a being taught is a commonality we have to change that. We have lot of political movements today.” that both England and the United to get people from all parts of “Suffragette” is another States deal with. society telling stories because that “Look at your average reflects the culture we live in.” addition to the small, but growing collection of historical drama American high school history The culture that we live in is films that are about women book,” Kelly said. “You’re lucky if one in which women still face including “Marie Antoinette” you get one paragraph on women’s many issues, which “Suffragette” and “The Iron Lady.” The lack of suffrage, and maybe a picture of tackles — but there is hope for the women-centered historical films the church where the Seneca Falls future. brings attention to the fact that convention was held in 1848.”

Ninety-six years after women Beyond the content of the film gained the right to vote in the women are normally a footnote in history — something the film making an impact on women’s United States, two women are attempts to change and bring to issues, the crew, comprised of running for President. light through its gripping take on mainly women, is a reflection of “Support women who the growing diversity behind the are running for office,” Kelly the historical events depicted.

“I didn’t learn about camera. said. “This isn’t a Democrat or “I’m very for promoting Republican thing. The more (suffragettes) at school at all,” Faye Ward, a producer of “Suffragette” diversity behind the camera,” women we have making the rules, said. “They were mentioned very Sarah Gavron, the director the easier it’s going to be to change briefly, in a sort of throwaway of “Suffragette” said. “Ninety the rules.”

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Dressing to impress

Making your own costume this Halloween can be a fun and cheap way to celebrate Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter represents women who worked in jobs that traditionally were only for men while our country was at war and the males were in the military.

Rosie is still a symbol of strong, independent and economically powerful women in America.

For this costume, I just used a blue denim shirt, a red headband and some lipstick - all of which I already owned.

Total costume price: $0

Frida Kahlo

Princess Leia

One of your favorite science fiction characters doesn’t have to only be remembered in her gold bikini. Leia was a warrior princess. For this costume, I used a white shirt I already owned with a high collar, and a white skirt I bought from Salvation Army. Princess Leia doesn’t use a light saber, she uses a blaster instead. This accessory can easily be found at any children’s toy store.

Total costume price: $6

Cruella de Vil

While stereotypically portraying an ethnicity or race as a Halloween costume isn’t okay, it’s not offensive to d ​ ress up as someone you see as a role model. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, best known for her unique style and feminist art.

I found some colorful scarves from my grandma’s closet, bought the flower hair clips for $1 from Dollar Tree, and then used my eyebrow pencil to get her distinct look.

Bring back your childhood favorite villain with this easy and hilarious look. Cruella de Vil, the evil Dalmatian-kidnapper from Disney’s 101 Dalmations has a distinct look: I bought a $5 leopard print shirt from Salvation Army, as well as a white and black polka-dotted shirt to give the appearance of Dalmatian furs. Long red gloves, a smoking pipe, and white hair spray could all be added for relatively cheap to get the full effect.

Total costume price: $2

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DePaul alum directs play

By McKay Murphy Contributing Writer

In the back of a quaint theater, Siiri Scott sat silent, watching a play unfold as an audience sat and judged her work.

“It’s liberating,” Scott said. “Last night was the first night I got to sit and just watch the show. You go through waves, it’s like a plane going to take off, and then you kinda get to sit back and experience it as a true audience member.”

Scott, a DePaul Theatre School grad, recently directed “My Brilliant Divorce” at the Irish Theatre of Chicago,.The production starred Barbara Figgins as Angela in a powerful performance that carried the audience through Angela’s tumultuous divorce.

Scott is a renowned vocal and dialect coach, which came in handy as Angela goes through different dialects and accents as a way of differentiating different characters throughout the production.

“All the different accents and dialects were the hardest part of this production,” Figgins said. “But (Scott) is a dialect coach for Notre Dame and knew exactly how to handle introducing them into the show.”

“I felt safe in her hands and direction,” Figgins said. “But my opinion was heard and she always listened to what I had to say.”

Scott already had a dual undergraduate degree when she first came for her Masters at DePaul, but she didn’t feel prepared to go out into the Theatre world.

“DePaul was fantastic in teaching me the tools and making sure I was able to use them,” Scott said.

Scott’s direction of “My Brilliant Divorce” has warranted her recognition from the Jeff Committee, the most

prestigious theater award in Chicago, and the show has been Jeff Recommended.

The show was a brilliant example of storytelling. Figgins was able to carry the audience through an intricate story and tale of a divorcee whose husband left her for a younger woman.

It was able to keep the audience engaged and communicate the emotional distress that Angela was in.

For Scott, her primary focus was to focus on the text of her script.

“It is a matter of storytelling and leading the audience through that story,” Scott said. “Every element should enlighten the text. If the audience isn’t experiencing a story in the present then we haven’t done our job.”

The audience experienced numerous emotions while watching the heartwrenching play, including desperation, joy and eventual acceptance as Angela leads the audience through her journey in becoming a strong and independent woman.

Scott excels in doing what some directors do not; she listens to her actors.

She learns from them and their experience and works it into her interpretation of the text and show.

This show was a beautiful tale of life and an honest tale of a challenging time, as Angela is left by herself to try and pick up the pieces of her scattered life.

Scott directed this show superbly, and is a shining example of what a DePaul graduate should strive to do: be successful in the field they love. She even offered a bit of wisdom to those striving for a long and happy career.

“Put your head down and work hard,” Scott said.

She has done just that.

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Mexican ice cream hits the sweet spot

By Juana Estrada Contributing Writer

Karissma Barrera, 19, waited in line with her younger cousin. Without hesitation, as the waiter approached to receive her order, Barrera asked for a chocolate mandyada, a chocolate milkshake made with whole milk, bananas and chocolate Abuelita, a Mexican chocolate. Like Barrera, more people began to gather up in packs of twos and threes, patiently waiting to order from the local ice cream shop on the corner of 55th Street and California Avenue, La Michoacana.

The rear of the building is bordered by large freezers that hold the 20 different flavors of soft serve Mexican ice cream alongside an abundant amount of paletas de nieve, or popsicle. but that’s not all for which La Michoacana is famous. La Michoacana’s Michoacán style flavored yogurts, in addition to their freshly made pastries, made inside the shop are also customer favorites.

This setting is familiar to a neighborhood marked by shops selling sweet treats. Three blocks west, on the corner of 57th Street and Kedzie Avenue, La Tropicana offers the same variety of pastries and ice cream, including an array of freshly-cut fruit served with lemon and chili powder. Here young adults chat over glasses of Tropicana signature-flavored fruit water, recipes brought by generations from Guerreo, Mexico.

The trend of Mexican ice cream shops has grown on the South Side of Chicago due to the growing Mexican migration to neighborhoods such as Gage Park and Little Village. Business owners have capitalized on the home-like feeling their products give to their customers. Every scoop of ice cream has provided customers with a taste of their native home in Mexico.

Manuel Bucio, owner of Razpachos Nieveria, an ice cream shop on 56th Street and Pulaski Avenue, said close friends and relatives encouraged him to open up his own place. At his shop, Bucio’s specialty is

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Irma Flores prepares yogur con fruta, made up of extra thick yogurt, strawberries, bananas, mangoes and grapes at La Michoacana. his gazpacho, a fruit salad that is chopped up into very small pieces, mixed with freshly-squeezed lemon and hot pepper powder.

Although his shop has only been open for about six months, his gazpacho recipe is what gave him the confidence to open his own shop. In his opinion, his gazpacho is what helps him stand out from his competitors.

“I used to go to these other places and (gazpacho) wasn’t how I remember it tasting from when I would eat it in Morelia, Michoacán,” Bucio said. “I remember going there as a kid and eating the gazpacho, so I learned how to make it myself and when I would take to events, people would tell me how good it tasted and that I should

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La Michoacana is a Mexican ice cream shop on Chicago’s South Side. consider selling it.”

Bucio said he decided to choose this particular location because in addition to living in the area, the high population of traffic and homes were appealing.

“It’s about customer service,” Bucio said. “Even though there are many nieverias, you can find five or six on this street, it’s always about adding the special touch to your store. But at the end of the day it’s all in benefit of the consumer. We at least try to provide the best customer service and quality in products to our customers.”

Barrera, a loyal customer of La Michoacán, said these neighborhood ice cream shops do more for the community than just provide good quality ice cream. Barrera grew up in the Gage Park community, but said she constantly visits her family in Little Village. “(In) Little Village, in comparison to Gage Park, people seem more active in their community,” Barrera said. “You see people walking down the street with their families and there are a lot more family owned small businesses. It really feels like a small Mexico.”

But Barrera said since La Michoacana opened, something changed in her neighborhood.

“At La Michoacana, since it’s so close to Senka Park and all of the neighborhood schools, it’s become the social spot for the community,” she said.

“It’s really transformed this community into a more sociable area.”

Chicago is one of the Top 5 Hispanic Metropolitan Areas in the country,

according to the Pew Research Center, with over 1.9 million Hispanic people in the Chicago area.

According to the U.S Census Bureau, American Community Survey within Chicago’s 77 communities, the largest percentage of those who identified as Hispanic/Latino in 2009 said their specific origin was from Mexico, while making 17 of those 77 Chicago community areas predominantly Hispanic/Latino. And seven of those neighborhoods are located on the South Side of Chicago, making Gage Park the largest Hispanic community in the region.

Amayrani Nunez, 19, said that when she and her family migrated to Chicago from Mexico, the first place she was introduced to were the nieverias, which reminder her from the ones from home.

“My family is from Michoacán and to see ice cream shops like this in my neighborhood reminds me of the ones back home,” Nunez said. “I spoke very little English, so it was nice to be able to go to a place where I can order my food in Spanish and people understood me.”

The popularity of these shops has increased so much that it has transcended into the traditions of the Mexican culture in the South Side.

Aylin Nunez, 15, said that many of her friends have had catering from these ice cream shops for their quinceaneras, a typical Mexican celebration for young girls when they turn 15.

She hopes that for her sweet 16 celebration, she can order catering from her favorite ice cream shop too.

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London Calling:

The world is your oyster

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The Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland, are one of Ireland’s most popular tourist attractions. The cliffs reach a height of 702 ft. and receive almost 1 million visitors a year.

By Carolyn Duff Design Editor

In my family, my dad is known for his expertise in planning trips. For each of our vacations, he researched and planned every detail in advance, from the bingo cards he created to keep my brother and me occupied during long road trips, to beach days built into the schedule so I wouldn’t get bored visiting one historical monument after the next. Our family vacations were well organized and we had a lot of fun every time.

Apparently I did not inherit the trip planning gene, because the trip to Ireland I planned was a bit of a mess at first. My friend Caitlin and I had booked plane tickets to Dublin just a week before we left, so our rushed planning may have caused us to overlook some details.

Our flight left early Saturday morning, so Caitlin and I planned on meeting to catch a shuttle to the airport. It was late Friday evening when I realized that the tube wouldn’t open early enough for me to get there on time. I wasn’t going to make the shuttle and would miss the flight. I tried to contact Caitlin to tell her, but the Wi-Fi in her building was broken that day, so I had no way to contact her. In a frenzy I enlisted the help of my suitemate, who helped me contact everyone we knew who might help us.

I had been on hold with the security guard at the front desk of Caitlin’s dorm for several minutes, losing hope, when my suitemate came through, and I finally got Caitlin on the phone. We devised a plan and both made it to the shuttle in the morning. The stress of that night probably took 10 years off my life.

When we got to Dublin we checked into our Airbnb. I had never stayed in an Airbnb before, and I doubt I ever will again. Airbnb’s are just really strange. We met our host, a complete stranger, outside his apartment. He led us upstairs, showed us to his extra bedroom and gave us a set of keys. My whole life I’ve been taught not to follow strange men who I meet on the street back to their homes, so the whole situation made me very uncomfortable.

In Dublin we took a trip to the Guinness Storehouse where we sampled beer from a rooftop bar, visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College and Temple Bar, and ate potatoes on top of potatoes.

One thing I really like about Dublin is the city’s appreciation for live music.

Musicians play traditional Irish music in

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Jessie Cave at the Soho Theatre in London on Oct. 15. Cave, mostly known for her role as Lavender Brown in the “Harry Potter” series, also regularly performs stand-up comedy in London. every pub at night and line the streets of the shopping area during the day.

My favorite part of the trip was our tour through the Irish countryside to the Cliffs of Moher. At any point during the bus ride, I could look out the window and see a herd of sheep or a border collie walking alongside an old man wearing a twill hat.

That bucolic scenery is exactly what I imagined Ireland would be like.

The Cliffs of Moher were absolutely breathtaking. A ferry boat took us right below the cliffs where we could see them towering over us. Then we were taken to the top. Knowing my clumsiness, I was sure that one little stumble would have sent me right over the edge of the cliff, plummeting to my death. Luckily, my balance prevailed and I lived to tell this tale.

My trip to Wales the following weekend was just as stunning. My study abroad program had organized it this time, so it

went a lot more smoothly. Every stop on the trip was more picturesque than the last.

Our destinations included some Roman ruins, the medieval Caerphilly Castle, which was surrounded by a moat and a hiking trip through an green and orange forest to the Pontneddfechan waterfalls.

We spent the night in the small town of Aberdare, where locals were very confused about why 40 Americans decided to come there to visit. It’s not your typical tourist destination.

A few friends and I decided to get a taste of Aberdare’s nightlife and found a night club to go to. We were surprised to have the place almost entirely to ourselves that Saturday night, but it was a lot of fun.

On our way back to London the next day, we stopped to tour a coal mine and also visited Tintern Abbey, the ruins of a monastery perched atop the Wye River valley close to the English-Welsh border.

Despite all my travelling, I still had time to do some cool things in London these past two weeks.

My favorite thing I did was going to a standup comedy show at the Soho Theater in Central London starring Jessie Cave, who is most famous for her role as Lavender Brown in Harry Potter. I’m a huge fan of her more recent work as an illustrator, so seeing her standup show in such an intimate setting was incredible. The show was full of self depreciating humor and relatable stories about dating.

As much as I enjoyed sight-seeing outside of London, I am really excited to spend my upcoming weekend in the city. In London there are endless markets, neighborhoods, parks and restaurants to explore and I actually missed it while I was away.

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Though “Confident” is Lovato’s fifth studio album, it is the first to accurately showcase her breathtaking vocal range.

Following her mental illness struggles, she has finally come into her own, revealing her newfound self through her music. The album features heart wrenching lyrics as well as strong, empowering anthems that are sure to take the world by storm.

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“Beasts of No Nation” follows Agu, a young African boy who is forced to become a child soldier in a deadly civil war. It marks Netflix’s first venture into uncharted territory: original films. Netflix isn’t known for cutting corners when it comes to original content, and “Beasts” is no exception.

Agu is played brilliantly by first-time actor Abraham Attah, who is mesmerizing in perhaps one of the all-time best performances from a child actor. Additionally, Idris Elba may garner himself an Oscar nomination as the child soldiers’ charismatic and manipulative leader.

Written, directed and beautifully shot by Cary Fukunaga (made famous from directing season one of “True Detective”), “Beasts” is brutal, bleak and often difficult to watch. Though not for the faint of heart, it is an undeniably powerful and unforgettable film that should leave viewers immensely satisfied.

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LIVE Oct. 27 Mayday Parade Concord Music Hall 2047 N. Milwaukee Ave., $25

Oct. 30 Misterwives Vic Theatre 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., $25

Oct. 28 Halsey Vic Theatre 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., $20

Oct. 31 The Front Bottoms Bottom Lounge 1375 W. Lake St., $18

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By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

Have you ever heard a song that is so irresistibly fun that it’s impossible not to dance to — until you realize it’s about drugs, death, divorce or something else of a depressing nature? It’s more than likely that many popular songs follow this trend.

Here are our choices for the best upbeat songs with depressing lyrics: 1. Foster the People — “Pumped Up Kicks” Foster the People’s sleeper hit was a mainstay on commercial radio stations and was also featured on TV shows including

“Entourage,” “Pretty Little Liars” and “Cougar Town.” The song was also featured in the 2011 films, “Friends with Benefits” and “Fright Night.”

In actuality, the song is about school shootings and was banned from some U.S. radio stations after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings for its lyrics.

2. FIDLAR — “No Waves” Every time I hear this song, I get an overpowering urge to get up and dance around, and I’ve happily stage dived every time I’ve seen FIDLAR play this song live because of the infectious guitars. Then I had the realization that this song is about guitarist and lead vocalist Zac Carper’s

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stint in rehab and the song stopped seeming so fun.

3. Bruce Springsteen — “Born in the U.S.A.” As one of Bruce Springsteen’s most well-known singles, many associate “Born in the U.S.A.” with unrelenting patriotism.

Springsteen partly wrote the song about his friends who had experienced the Vietnam War and how some of his friends didn’t live through it.

Scholars writing for the “American Quarterly” journal saw the song as a lament about working class life and the hollow nationalism that goes along with it.

Across 1. Cup or can material 4. Having a strong resemblence 9. Milo’s movie pal 13. “Isn’t that ___ much?”

15. Grandma with the great use of color 16. “Tomb Raider” heroine 17. Try to escape 19. Big name in office equipment, once 20. Word with “cooker” or “point” 21. Cook up 23. Bathroom decoration 24. With great force 25. Spanish hotel 28. The Flinstones’ era 31. With 34-Across, a place in Michigan 32. Home of a biblical witch 34. See 31-Across 35. Some men of the familia 37. Bulbous plant

4. OutKast — “Hey Ya!” Despite the fact that it is one of the most sonically upbeat songs in history, Andre 3000 of OutKast wrote the song about his inability to maintain a relationship. In the song, he also questions if love is real and if monogamy is realistic, so keep these depressing thoughts in your head as you “shake it like a polaroid picture.”

5. Green Day — “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” While not as fun or upbeat as any of the other songs on this list, or at all, the Green Day classic’s meaning is continuously misconstrued. “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” is viewed as a sentimental love song, became

39. River flowing into the Moselle 40. Worked for AAA 42. Everest locale 44. USN title 45. Certain rays 47. Kind of tape 49. Horne and Olin 50. Night vision?

51. Rain forest growths 53. Repeated over and over 57. “Puppy Love” singer Paul 58. Certain gambling bet 60. Kind of tea 61. ___ in the sky (slangy satellite) 62. Sword type 63. Job for Sherlock 64. They publish lists 65. Nile reptile Down 1. Pack down 2. Construction beam 3. Big name in sneakers

a prom hit and was even featured on the last season of “Seinfeld.”

Rather than a love ballad, the song is a breakup song about frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s girlfriend at the time.

6. Third Eye Blind — “SemiCharmed Life” It’s the catchy and upbeat chorus that throws fans for a loop in “Semi-Charmed Life,” as the song is really about a descent into crystal meth addiction. Singer Stephan Jenkins wrote the song about his friends being addicted to the drug.

Jenkins also noted that the song is fun on the surface, but messed up when listeners realize the content of it — similar to drug usage.

4. Moving about 5. Peter of “The Maltese Falcon” 6. “That makes sense” 7. Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano) 8. Kind of pie?

9. Knighted thespian Laurence and kin 10. Amazed 11. Something to strike while hot 12. Film maker Gus Van ___ 14. Seed covering 18. Comment to the audience 22. Wendy’s pet in “Peter Pan” 24. “Take ___ down memory lane” 25. Pop singer LaBelle 26. King of ring 27. They come down to Earth 28. Cobbled 29. Lose it 30. Miscalculation 33. Sandy expanses

36. Sing to a lover 38. Dressmaking guides 41. “Great” dog 43. They make whoppers 46. Spoke hoarsely 48. Old, rickety vehicle 50. Lager holder 51. Not of the cloth 52. Native of Peru 53. Popular furniture store 54. Snack in Madrid 55. ___ out a living 56. Bottomless, seemingly 59. “___ Como Va” (Santana hit)

Sports ODOM, continued from back page responsibility for Odom’s fall from grace lies on us. We’re left with a lingering, unsettling feeling that we gave the Kardashians their power, and through our silence and continued consumption of them, we consent to allow them to bastardize our culture and therefore, we are at fault.

To be clear, reality TV is not only destroying our culture, but also our consumption of it makes us bad people.

We act like the big tobacco companies of old by pretending that reality TV isn’t bad for us, but we all know that it destroys people’s lives and we’ve known it from the beginning.

We’ve come to a place in our society where we celebrate other people’s failures and we condemn their successes unless we can somehow share in those successes. And whenever someone is confronted with their consumption of reality TV, whenever they’re asked, “how can you watch that garbage?” you hear the same excuse every time: “it’s my guilty pleasure.” I’m putting this in writing: reality TV is sadism, not a guilty pleasure.

If you want to buy a bottle of red wine and a bag of Godiva bite size chocolates on a Tuesday night, go home and watch reruns of “New Girl” and call that a guilty pleasure, go ahead, because that’s exactly what it is. I’ve never heard anyone say their guilty pleasure is to sit at busy intersections and wait for car accidents to happen so they can watch and say “at least my day isn’t as bad as theirs.”

We have given our country to the

highest bidders in prime time television to be able to escape facing the realities that make us feel uncomfortable. It’s not fun to think about the Social Security fund running dry with no system in place for when it runs out of money. It’s not fun to think about the fact that we in Illinois have let our government overspend our money to the point that it’s no longer paying out lottery winners or that the state pension funds are grossly underfunded.

It’s not fun to think about Gov. Rauner’s job, because he has to cut programs and funding across the board, which has left many people without services that they depend on to stay alive, and it’s not fun to think about the fact that doing that is only half the job, because after we cut programs we depend on, we’re going to have to significantly raise taxes and it’s still going to take years to pay off our debt.

So, we have implicitly given the Kardashians permission to entertain us at others expense, all the while we continue to call this sadism a guilty pleasure, and it’s killing people.

Not figuratively. Literally. Our consumption of reality TV is destroying people’s lives and driving them to their deaths, or to the brink of them.

Think about that the next time to turn your TV on. Think about Lamar Odom the next time you watch “Real Housewives.” Think about whom we’ve elected and what we’ve allowed our government to do with our futures the next time you check in on your favorite characters in “The Bachelor.” The next time you get stressed out about looking for a job when you’re done with college,

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Lamar Odom poses with his wife Khloe Kardashian at an E! Network event. or the next time you get scared of the thought of entering the “real world” because you feel like you aren’t ready, think about Howard Montague.

Howard Montague, who when he was 18 years old and was drafted into the Navy without a college degree, was an electrician’s mate on the USS Jesse Rutherford, a destroyer escort. He shipped out to the western Pacific Ocean because someone he never had any contact with bombed a state that was closer to where he was deployed than it was to where he grew up in upstate New York.

And as you think about Howard Montague, imagine explaining to him that watching “Keeping Up With The Kardashian’s” is a guilty pleasure and it’s

not bad because the people on the show choose to be on it. Explain to him that you’re scared about what you’re going to do after college because you don’t really want to work in the field you got your degree in, and assure him everything is okay and you’re sure he just hasn’t heard from his brother since he landed on Iwo Jima because he probably just didn’t have time to write.

And when you’re done thinking about Howard Montague, who with his brothers in arms defeated the Axis Powers and banished the Nazis from the Earth while they were teenagers, ask yourself what you did in the year after your 18th birthday, and then decide if it’s worth it to tune in to “America’s Next Top Model.”

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Last-minute loss for volleyball

By J. Samantha Rivera Staff Writer

The Blue Demons didn’t go down against Villanova Friday without a fight, losing 3-2 in a fifth set. The energy and drive to win was all there, but it wasn’t quite enough for the Demons to stop the Wildcats.

It appeared to be a game that could have ended in a quick sweep for the Blue Demons, as they took the first two clean sets right away, 25-29 and 24-21, respectively.

“I think they brought the competition that they brought the last time, and we trained really hard this whole week to make adjustments and get after everything that worked for them against us and everything that worked for us against them,” senior Callie Huebner said. “Because we worked so hard on our adjustments, we stopped them and it made things very competitive.”

Whether it was an impressive seasonbest of 13 team blocks, or junior Colleen Smith’s 47 assists, only one short of reaching the top-five all-time DePaul career leaders, the team gave electrifying performances that caused Wildcats to scramble in search of lost communication on the court.

After a two-set win from the Blue Demons, it seemed that Villanova got the message to revitalize their game during their locker-room break.

“Like all teams, when you lose two games in a row, you come back with more energy. They made adjustments, and I think it was still very competitive and they

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Volleyball went up two sets early against Seton Hall but lost three straight matches in the 3-2 loss. just ended the game a little bit more than we did,” Huebner said.

Villanova had secret weapons of their own, with freshman Amanda PedersenHenry and sophomore Claire Crutchfield reaping kills left and right for the Big East team. Winning three straight sets after the Demons’ two-set advantage, they proved to be quite the battle for DePaul.

Senior Saige Gallop was seen hopping off the court while the Demons were up 11-8 in the fifth set after what looked to be a painful injury of a twisted ankle. Her

status in the next game against Seton Hall is uncertain at the moment.

“I think what got better this time was our transition game and we’ve been working on that a lot, so the long rallies, we ended up winning,” Huebner said. “I think we just let them get on a couple too long of runs, if we would’ve shortened up the runs, I think we would’ve had that third game.”

“We’ve had so many five-set matches and to be close is not enough,” Coach Nadia Edwards said. “It’s not fulfilling for this group and the hard work that they’re

putting in. So our lesson is at the end of games, we have to be able to have our composure, trust in our abilities and each other and compete.”

“I think our breakthrough is coming.

Obviously when you have a good team like Villanova on the ropes, you want to be able to finish what you start,” Edwards said. “I think it was a hard fought match, but I think we had a lot of opportunities to put it away, and if any lesson we’ve got to take into tomorrow it’s that when you have a team on the ropes, you’ve got to finish.”

Bruno gets one-year contract extension

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DePaul head coach Dave Leitao spoke about turning the program around.

Doug Bruno is under contract through 2021.

By Ben Savage Asst. Sports Editor

VACUUM, continued from back page largest arena of the Chicago teams and also has them in one of the better basketball conferences in the nation. If results were not a factor, they would be the top contender for Chicago right now; a city team that was accessible to the suburbs.

In Chicago, DePaul is not alone with poor results in recent years. Northwestern has never made the NCAA tournament. Loyola has been absent from the tournament since 1985, and Chicago State does not even qualify for the NCAA tournament. UIC and DePaul both made their last tournament in 2004. College

basketball has been mostly irrelevant in Chicago for the hometown teams for the past decade.

"This city needs to get an NCAA appearance again," Chicago State head coach Tracy Dildy said. "And we want to do that."

Making the NCAA tournament is easier said than done, as evidenced by the lack of appearances from the Chicago teams. However, there are teams seemingly making headway. Loyola won the College Basketball Invitational in 2015 and UIC's new head coach Steve McClain was an assistant under Big Ten powerhouse Indiana. He understands the importance of building a program in Chicago,

by Chicago.

"The parts that made all of

these programs great, like Mark Aguire, started right here." he said.

Leitao has spoken in the past about turning DePaul around, changing the culture and bulding a foundation for future success. With the city at a crossroads right now in terms of college basketball, DePaul needs to take the opportunity to take the top spot in the city when everyone is still on relatively even ground.

A DePaul program ressurected, possibly with an NIT or NCAA tournament appearance under their belts before they move into the new arena would be huge for the future. But it needs to start this season, and it needs to start locally.

DePaul has extended women's head basketball coach, Doug Bruno, for an additional year on his contract. Bruno is now committed to DePaul through the 2020-21 season.

Bruno has led DePaul to the NCAA Tournament for 13 consecutive years, a feat only seven other teams in the country can also claim. During his 30-year career, Bruno has amassed 587 victories, good for 18th all-time among coaches. Most notably, however, Bruno has turned DePaul into a feared women's basketball powerhouse.

"I look forward to the great challenge of continuing to help move our program up the national women's basketball food chain," Bruno said in a

press release.

DePaul can focus on moving up the national food chain due to their recent dominance in the Big East. The Blue Demons received eight of a possible 10 first place votes in a preseason coaches poll, making them favorites to win the Big East once again.

Bruno's impact also extends beyond the court, leading the Blue Demons to consistent academic success.

"Coach Bruno pays it forward every day in the commitment he makes to student-athlete academic success as is evidenced by DePaul's top GPA ranking every year by the WBCA," Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto said. "Our young women are well prepared and highly successful in their chosen careers after graduation from DePaul because of values he instills and the lessons he teaches."

Bruno has also had success as an assistant coach for the U.S. National team. He's helped the squad post a 47-4 record since 2009, and a gold medal in the London Olympics.

Bruno's Blue Demons get their first taste of action at home, Nov. 2 against St. Xavier in an exhibition game.

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Outdoors program brings DePaul to nature

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DePaul students escape the urban jungle and explore the wilderness outside of Chicago with the Outdoor Adventure Program.

By Yazmin Dominguez Contributing Writer

Emilie Winter stands in room 135 of the Rey Meyer Fitness Center wearing brown combat boots and pinned up hair as she reviews what to put in a first aid kit. Her appearance mirrors that of someone who is about to hitch up a tent, but on this day, she is explaining the basic rules of backpacking in her “Emergency Preparedness in the Wilderness” Workshop to a small group of curious students.

Winter is DePaul’s Outdoor Adventure Program’s trip leader.

The program plans and leads several hiking, canoeing, camping and kayaking trips during the fall and spring quarters.

During winter, the program goes snowboarding and skiing instead. These programs give city dwelling students a brief escape, and throughout the year, several workshops are held for aspiring or experienced campers to learn how to navigate the outdoors.

For junior Christina Origel, attending the workshop was one of her first steps before she ventures on a backpacking adventure in California.

“I’m going to go to Big Sur this winter break to get away from the cold and go hiking,” said Origel. “This workshop was great.

It gave me a perspective on what I should or shouldn’t bring before beginning this trip. Anything can happen outdoors.”

In the workshop, Winter explained the basics of emergency preparedness, gave tips on healthy camping, and provided a list of essential items a camper should always have with them in order to prevent accidents and safely navigate the outdoors.

Winter began as an outdoor adventure participant her freshman year. After her passion and motivation was obvious to program leader, John Washo, he hired her in the spring quarter of 2012 as a trip leader. She considered herself strictly a city kid and with zero camping experience before joining the program, but was amazed by how naturally inclined she was to the outdoors.

“It has been an intense experience. I learned so many intense skills that I would’ve only learned by doing it,” Winter said. “The best way to learn is to actually experience it. The more trips I did, the more I learned and then your skills develop over time.”

Winter has attended every outdoor adventure since she has joined the program. She has traveled to Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and the Appalachian

Mountains all through DePaul.

Her involvement in such an active program has led her to become a certified wilderness first responder through a monthlong Medicine in the Wilderness course provided by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

Mia Jennsen, another member of the Outdoor Adventure Program, is expecting to go on her first trip with NOLS this January and February to Patagonia, Argentina for a backpacking trip.

“I’ve been in the club for about a year and fell in love with it right away I love being in the city. I’m a city gal, but I’m more of myself when I’m hiking or camping,” Jennsen said. “I plan on going to every trip this year since being a part of this has really showed me what I love.”

Winter is excited to prepare her last year as trip leader. Her senior year at DePaul she will spend time planning the group’s major seven-day camping trip to Colorado and Utah for spring break.

"The audience we serve here at DePaul are students who have little to no experience,” Winter said. “I love to see their faces when they crawl out of a tent for the first time.”

Top 8 Ways to Stay Alive From expert Emilie Winter

1. Do not underestimate blisters.

2. Be surprised at the wonders a CD can do acting as a compact mirror.

3. Consider your fellow campers as transmitters of infectious diseases.

4. Learn how to dig a six inch hole, very far away from your makeshift kitchen, in order to dispose your waste.

5. If there is forecasted rain, do not wear jeans, if wet, they will take a long time to dry and hypothermia could ensue.

6. Pack to act: “Be prepared or be surprised” is the unspoken rule.

7. Do not pull a James Franco in 127 Hours and not tell anyone where you will be going. Always tell someone you trust your route and return time.

8. If you are lost in the wild, panic and poor judgment will definitely kill you.

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Dave Leitao speaks to the media at the Chicago Basketball Luncheon.

Chicago State on Dec. 5 and Northwestern on Dec. 19. But for all five men’s teams, it’s been 11 years since a program made the NCAA tournament.

Introducing himself to the other coaches, Leitao said he’s looking forward to build the culture at DePaul. Leitao previously served as DePaul’s head coach from 2002 to 2005.

“For me, to come back to the city I was a part of for three short years, it was as rewarding as I’ve had in my 30 years of basketball,” Leitao said. “This is a wonderful, very intelligent basketball community that understands what winning is all about.

Being back here has me elated and very, very anxious to get going about the work we have to do.”

On the women’s side, Bruno’s Blue Demons have been the pinnacle of success with 13 straight NCAA tournament appearances. This season, however, DePaul isn’t the only women’s program with success.

Northwestern is entering the year ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press preseason poll and the Wildcats have beat the Blue Demons two years in a row.

DePaul and Northwestern also meet on Dec. 19. Bruno didn’t appear fazed by the Wildcats preseason ranking either.

“If we can stay healthy and stay whole, we have a chance to have another really good season,” Bruno said.

DePaul guard Billy Garrett Jr. said he has noticed the perception of Chicago basketball changing — ranging from the talent to the coaches in the city.

“It’s like a new breath of life in the city,” Garrett said. “It’ll be a great year for us.”

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Shifting winds

COMMENTARY

We did this to Lamar Odom

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Men’s basketball coach Dave Leitao speaks to reporters at the annual Chicago College Basketball Luncheon Friday.

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DePaul needs to fill city’s power vacuum

Lamar Odom, pictured in 2007, slipped into a coma last week and is now recovering.

By Eric Traphagen Copy Editor

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

There’s a void in the Chicago college basketball right now. Five mens’ basketball coaches from Chicago schools — DePaul, Chicago State, Northwestern, Illinois-Chicago and Loyola Chicago — spoke at the annual Chicago College Basketball Luncheon Friday and, despite the city’s reputation for basketball, none of the teams have made the NCAA tournament in the past decade.

There was a striking resemblance between DePaul head coach Dave Leitao and UIC head coach Steve McClain.

Both are starting again with new teams this year, both spent the past seasons as assistant coaches and both recognize the potential of Chicago.

Leitao has spoken in the past and continues to speak of changing the culture at DePaul; building a foundation and returning DePaul back to respectability.

“We’re here to turn things around as quickly as we can,” Leitao said.

DePaul has the history of a great basketball program, something none of the other schools vying to gain the city’s attention have. Although that reputation has dwindled in the past quarter century, that reputation has them playing in the

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Doug Bruno spoke about his team’s leadership and hopes for the future.

Coaches talk about shifting Chicago basketball dynamic

By Matthew Paras Editor-in-Chief

Joe McKeown almost made it. As the longtime Northwestern women’s basketball head coach wrapped up his speech at the annual Chicago College Basketball Luncheon, McKeown couldn’t help note that his team were the city champs, referencing last season’s 97-91 double overtime win the Wildcats had over DePaul.

But — like the competitor he is — Doug Bruno couldn’t help himself either.

“Who was the only team (from Chicago) to win an NCAA tournament game?” Bruno blurted out before McKeown’s speech was over. “It was our 13th straight NCAA trip. This is the last time (we’re speaking) alphabetical.”

Bruno and McKweon’s bantering was all in good fun, but Friday’s luncheon marked the sign that college basketball

is soon approaching. Five Chicago area universities — DePaul, Northwestern, Loyola, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Chicago State — from the men and women’s game gathered at Maggiano’s to discuss the upcoming season.

While each coach proudly touted their team, all 10 coaches tried to emphasize that Chicago is, in fact, a college basketball town.

“We’re going to compete against several of the gentlemen (at this luncheon),” DePaul men’s head coach Dave Leitao said. “I’m very, very happy to be back in this great city and to be part of the culture and fabric of Chicago sports. I want everyone to be healthy and we’ll see you all in March.”

Leitao’s Blue Demons will compete against three Chicago area teams this upcoming season: at UIC on Dec. 2,

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This week has illuminated a terrible truth about our country: we almost killed Lamar Odom. It’s no secret that America has become a consumer culture, but what’s not talked about is that in addition to needing a smartphone, an organic salad and a smart car, we now need to consume people to make us feel better.

Odom was found last week unconscious in a brothel outside of Las Vegas and remains in stable condition in a Las Vegas hospital.

Bill Plaschke, a renowned sports reporter out of L.A., wrote a story this week about Lamar Odom’s recovery titled “Kardashians’ freak show capitalizes on Lamar Odom one more time.” It painted Odom as someone who desperately needed help, but more so — it highlighted the way reality TV transformed society’s perception of Odom.

Odom was a distinguished and very well respected player in the NBA and according to Plaschke, who seems to have developed a close relationship with him over his 18-year career as a sports reporter, Odom’s reputation, accomplishments, and triumphs were stripped from him by the paint thinner of our pop culture: the Kardashians.

The aftermath of Odom’s ordeal has been nauseating because the

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