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TAKING A STAND

Coalition demands Dean Koocher’s resignation

MEGAN DEPPEN | THE DEPAULIA

Dr. Frank Summers calls for College of Science and Health of Dean Gerald Koocher to resign Thursday as part of a protest at the Student Center.

By Brenden Moore & Matthew Paras

Speakers included DePaul emeritus professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, who helped found the College of Law’s International Human Rights Law Institute, as well as Northwestern professor Frank Summers, who was past president of the Division of Psychoanalysis in the APA. Representatives from human rights organizations like World Can’t Wait and Voices for Creative Non-Violence, as well as someone who represents tortured prisoners, were also present.

The coalition was formed and led by senior Jack O’Brien, president of DePaul’s honors society for psychology students, DePaul Psi Chi. O’Brien also started an online petition calling for Koocher’s removal, that has gathered more than 500 signatures.

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A coalition of students, faculty and human rights groups called for Dean Gerald Koocher’s removal as dean of the College of Science and Health at a press conference Thursday morning over his alleged role in the American Psychological Association’s (APA) collusion with the Department of Defense in crafting interrogation guidelines that allowed for torture to take place during the Bush Administration.

The coalition, calling themselves Vincentians Against Torture, spoke for around 30 minutes in front of about 25 supporters outside the Lincoln Park Student Center. This is the latest in a series of developments following the release of the 543-page Hoffman Report, which details APA’s collusion with DoD.

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Senior Jack O’Brien formed Vincentians Against Torture to protest Dean Gerald Koocher.

See KOOCHER, page 4

Student comedian produces factory of laughs

By Matthew Paras Editior-in-Chief

AJ Lubecker is the life of a party.

He tells stories to get people laughing.

He busts out in raps of his own and encourages others to dance. Hell, like any good gathering, he can be seen stumbling MATTHEW PARAS | THE DEPAULIA and slurring his own words occasionally Senior AJ Lubecker is the youngest before he shotguns a beer. comedian to host a show on the 10 p.m.

But unlike a lot of other DePaul students Friday spot at the Laugh Factory. who enjoy the nightlife, Lubecker’s party

is on stage. Lubecker, a senior, has carved out a niche for himself at just 21 years old as a stand-up comedian in Chicago’s ultra competitive comedy scene.

Lubecker brought his comedy act to the Laugh Factory Friday, debuting “Funked Up Friday” — a show he created that featured four other stand-up comedians — and also hosted the event.

Lubecker is the youngest comedian to host the Laugh Factory’s coveted 10 p.m. Friday slot in the club’s 36 years of existence.

“My sense of humor works better (with later shows). I don’t need to work quite as hard and I’m able to be looser,” Lubecker said. “I wanted to re-create that … a loose show where kind of anything goes.”

On stage, Lubecker was relaxed. He eased the crowd of 200 people with a prerecorded video on the difference between getting funked up and the expletive it looks like. The message of the video was simple: get ready to have fun.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at DePaul Friday to mark a national day of action for the organization Know Tomorrow, a student-led climate change awareness campaign.

Rahm stops by Student Center

By Jessica Villagomez News Editor

Mayor Rahm Emanuel made a rare appearance at DePaul Friday as he urged students to become involved and conscious of environmental issues surrounding climate change, encouraging them to become active members in the sustainability movement at a student-held event.

Know Tomorrow, a studentdriven national climate change awareness campaign, hosted a Day of Action event at DePaul’s Lincoln Park student center where Emanuel made the appearance.

According to Know Tomorrow, Oct. 2 marks as the National Day of Action for college campuses to voice their concerns over climate change.

Emanuel also spoke of his legislative efforts as mayor to improve Chicago’s sustainability, but his main message was for students to take action.

“Challenge each other to greater political and community activism, to be involved in a very important topic that will determine how we live our lives in the future and the good news and I say this as a father with three children … you are much more environmentally aware than my generation,” Emanuel said in his speech.“You are a lot more active and socially conscious and your ability to communicate to each other is light years ahead where we were when I was going to school. Take that and use it to the advantage to make a difference in the world you and your children are going to inherent.”

DePaul senior Kenzie

Verheyen served as the student coordinator of DePaul’s Day of Action campaign event and as the liaison between the Know Tomorrow campaign and DePaul.

“We’re trying to drive climate change and how millennials can act upon that,” Verheyen said.

“This is a generational issue, and we really can be the answer to climate change in our generation.”

Verheyen said she hopes that by bringing Know Tomorrow to campus, students will become more aware and join their mission.

Director of Community Relations Fran Casey spoke of DePaul’s efforts to improve sustainability campus wide, including four LEED certified buildings on campus, as well as the creation of graduate programs in sustainable management and sustainable development.

“DePaul’s facility operations department has spent upwards of $50 million over the past five years in their efforts to maintain sustainability around on campus,” Casey said.

Casey noted that money was spent on resources like water bottle refill stations around campus, more sustainable dining operations and a “composting program that recycles up to 60 tons of organic material every single year.”

Verheyen said she hopes Emanuel’s mission for Chicago’s efforts to increase awareness will transfer over to DePaul’s campus as well.

“Rahm is a huge supporter of climate change and legislation towards it,” Verheyen said. “He’s created a lot of great legislation for Chicago and for sustainability

JESSICA VILLAGOMEZ | THE DEPAULIA

Mayor Emanuel gets ready to speak before students at the Student Center on Friday. so, for him to come out here, it just solidifies and represents that DePaul is moving in the right direction and he supports DePaul and the Know Tomorrow campaign. Together we can really make things happen.”

However, for some students, Mayor Emanuel’s prioritization of sustainability in Chicago should be less of a priority.

“I feel like him being here for climate change is a cover up for something else, I feel like he wants to do small good things to cover up the large bad things that he’s doing in the city,” DePaul senior Kiara Farmer said. “He’s closing up a bunch of public schools, and now he wants to go focus on climate change in order to be globally sustainable when he really should be focusing on the problems in Chicago.”

For DePaul freshman Rasa Willette, her involvement with Know Tomorrow stemmed from a desire for students to gain awareness and break common misconceptions about climate change.

“The world is beautiful and I want to keep it that way,” Willette said. “Climate change is so important to know about, there’s so many people who are unaware or think it’s not real, and I wanted to be part of campaign to raise awareness with youth in particular.

Students packed the event to hear from Mayor Emanuel and learn about the initiatives. DePaul junior Cassidy Wilson, attended the event to learn more about sustainability and the environment overall.

“I hope to learn about global awareness,” DePaul junior Cassidy

Wilson said. “There’s a lot of different groups here representing different global causes and environmental issues.”

Over 60 college campuses participate in the Day of Action including Loyola University Chicago and Northwestern University. Friday’s Day of Action featured health and environmental groups as well as an interactive photo booth and DJ. In terms of what the outcome of the event could be, Verheyen said he wants students to take action.

“We want people to sign up for the campaign, people to become more versed by climate change and how they can change it by little action,” Verheyen said. “We are the generation that has to deal with it, so we are the generation that needs to act upon it and change it.”

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KOOCHER, continued from front page “I hope Dr. Koocher chooses to act morally now and steps down as dean,” O’Brien said. “If he does not step down, our student coalition will continue to call for his immediate removal. He has proven unfit for the position of power that he’s in.

He should not oversee the education of DePaul’s health professionals.”

The speakers argued that the findings of the Hoffman Report do not reflect those the university claims to uphold.

“An academic institution like DePaul, based on its Vincentian values, cannot allow for a member of its faculty be involved in such situations,” Bassiouni said. “It is therefore the responsibility of the university to hold a fact-finding commission, an inquiry into whether one of its faculty members has been involved in either the commission of a crime or the commission of an egregiously immoral act, which violates the ethical values of this university.”

At the event, the speakers criticized Koocher’s defense that he would have acted differently had he had more information.

Koocher told the DePaulia in an email on Aug. 18, “I and other members of the Board felt truly stunned and betrayed by some of the new information we learned 11 years later.”

But at the press conference, Dr. Frank Summers, a clinical psychologist who served as the president of the Division of Psychoanalysis, said he raised concerns about the role psychologists used at Guantanamo Bay to Koocher in a series of emails he sent in 2006.

Summers said he took issue with Koocher writing in an article in the APA Monitor that “a number of opportunistic commentators masquerading as scholars have continued to report on alleged abuses by mental health professionals. However, when solicited in person to provide APA with names and circumstances in support of such claims, no data has been forthcoming from these same critics and no APA members have been linked to unprofessional behaviors.” Summers then emailed Koocher saying this was untrue. He pointed to two reports, one from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Commission of Human rights, that stated that mental health professionals including psychologists were involved and complicit in Guantanamo.

“I got no response from Koocher,” Summers said. “Eventually, weeks later, I said ‘Dr. Koocher, you haven’t responded.’

Dr. Koocher says to me ‘Don’t hold your breath.’ This was his response. This man who now says that ‘if only we knew then what we know now.’ I gave him the facts.

There was the Red Cross report and the UN report. He absolutely refused to accept any of it. He dismissed it out of hand.

“What was Koocher’s response? To vilify those people who told him what was going on. And it’s those ethical, egregious violations of those ethics that it is the reason why Dr. Koocher doesn’t belong as the dean of anything,” Summers said. “Not DePaul , not any university. Thank you very much.”

Koocher did not respond for comment in relation to Summers’ concerns.

While the university declined to comment on the formation of the coalition, it has in the past supported Koocher’s version of events. At a recent Student Government Association meeting, Vice President for Public Relations and Communications Cynthia Lawson likened it to a game of basketball or football.

“Hindsight is always great. How many of you watch football? How many of you watch basketball? Do you ever, after you watch it, the reruns, say, ‘They should have. They could have, had they done

MEGAN DEPPEN | THE DEPAULIA

Sister Dorothy Pagosa of the 8th Day Center for Justice asks DePaul administration, “What have you done for justice today?” regarding the Koocher situation as she stands in front of the statue of Fr. Jack Egan on Sept. 29. this,’” Lawson said. “But you make the decisions based on the information that you have at the time. And so if you don’t have the information, you make decisions based upon the information that you’ve got. Have you ever made a decision where you found out later, if you had additional information, you might have decided to do something different? And I think that’s what Dean Koocher would tell you.”

The coalition, as well as others in the DePaul community, were not satisfied with that response or the university’s previous responses.

“To say that there’s hindsight, it’s completely absurd,” Summers said. “At the time he could have done something about it, he dismissed all of the evidence and insisted psychologists were doing nothing wrong.”

“The reason I don’t think he should have his deanship at any university, including a good university like DePaul, is that the man is guilty of egregious ethical violations,” Summers said. “He is mentioned in the Hoffman Report — I can’t remember the exact amount, but he’s mentioned over 70 times. He was complicit in the collusion between the APA and the Department of Defense to violate the ethics code of the (APA).”

Several students and faculty members who attended the event either called for the dean’s removal or criticized the university’s handling of the matter.

“I think regardless of whether Dean Koocher is innocent or guilty of everything that is in the Hoffman Report, which he denies much of, I think that it’s a perception issue and it reflects poorly on the university. And for that, I’m sad,” said Mona Shattell, an associate dean in the College of Science and Health.

Shattell said that the university has to deal with the matter better than they have thus far.

“They’ve been silent and perhaps they were hoping that it would go away, but it’s not going away,” Shattell said. “So I think that they have a responsibility.”

Ann Russo, an associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, added that there “needs to be more accountability on the university’s part for the situation we’re facing right now.”

“It just is so counter to the mission and values of the university,” Russo said. “And to be in that type of leadership position

MEGAN DEPPEN | THE DEPAULIA

Northwestern University professor and past president of the Division of Psychoanalysis in the American Psychological Association Dr. Frank Summers makes his case for why Dr. Gerald Koocher should be stripped of his deanship. and to be complicit and really a refusal to really take accountability for that, I just don’t think he should have a leadership position with the university.”

For undergraduate Sana Malik, a member of Students for Justice in Palestine and student in CSH, Koocher’s presence as dean is harmful to the students in the college.

“I don’t want to graduate with a diploma with a stickler that someone has used science for more harm than good,” Malik said. “I’ve been working very hard for four years to graduate with a science degree and I feel like, to have these types of reports out, this type of publicity for my college as well, I definitely want to see his deanship removed so that I don’t have to graduate with this type of stamp.”

Toward the end of the press conference, O’Brien read a statement from Jean Maria Arrigo, one of the dissenting PENS task force members whose opinions were dismissed and belittled by Koocher, according to the report.

“I have good hopes for Dr. Koocher at DePaul University and wish to continue as his colleague in the American Psychological Association,” Arrigo said in the statement read by O’Brien. “But his gaps in moral discernment in governance roles at the APA, both before and after the Hoffman Report, render him unsuitable as a role model for scholars at this time— in short, unsuitable for the position of dean.”

She added, “At a Catholic university, there is certainly opportunity for people

who have erred — whether wittingly or unwittingly, whether voluntarily or through manipulation — to step aside with dignity. Dr. Koocher must step down as dean at DePaul University. In this gesture of moral awareness, he can return to community.”

Despite asking for his removal as dean, most of the protesters agreed that Koocher should be able to stay on as a tenured professor in the department of psychology.

“We’re not asking for him to be fired.

We’re asking for the position of deanship to be removed,” Malik said. “Whether he wants to stay at DePaul after that to teach or whatever, it’s up to him. I think what we’re asking for is not too drastic. We study and want to be under someone that is respectable and an ethical man. From his history, it doesn’t seem like he is that.”

O’Brien said reading Arrigo’s statement reminded him that Koocher had “contributed much of value over the course of his career.” But, he and the other members of the coalition vowed to keep going until Koocher is no longer dean of the college. O’Brien said the coalition will continue to hold demonstrations, starting next week, and also meet with new provost Marten denBoer.

“We’re going to keep fighting. This is worth fighting for,” O’Brien said. ”I transferred here and I really bought into the value system. It’s important we stand by it now and everyone joins us.”

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DePaul implements sexual assault training

By Emma Krupp Staff Writer

This year’s incoming DePaul students are the first of many required to complete “Haven — Understanding Sexual Assault,” an online module designed to educate students on topics related to sexual assault and relationship violence.

Like its older counterpart AlcoholEdu, Haven is produced by the educational technology company EverFi and features a series of videos, quizzes, readings and graphs pertaining to different kinds of sexual abuse and stalking. Students also are given information specifically regarding sexual assault protocol, procedures and resources both in DePaul and the state of Illinois.

Additionally, all of Haven’s material is in adherence with the 2013 Campus SaVE update to the Clery Act, which expanded nationwide campus prevention and reporting policies on rape and domestic violence.

“The overall aim of this module is (to be) a program that educates students about the elements of healthy relationships,” said Michelle Johnson, health promotion

coordinator at the DePaul Take Care DePaul program, Johnson cited her observation Office of Health Promotion and which stresses the virtues of of students’ subtle incorporation Wellness. “(It also teaches) the safe choices and looking out for of language and terms from importance of sexual consent others. For some students, this the module as proof that it and the role and importance of was the most useful part of the has instilled some modicum bystander intervention as well.” experience. of lasting meaning into their DePaul selected Haven out “My favorite part of Haven minds. of countless other “So far, the programs of a feedback has similar nature “I know now in the future what I can do in a been really largely because it p o s i t i v e ,” situation where I need to prevent some kind of Johnson said. reports data from the anonymous sexual assault. I don’t want to be that person “We can quizzes and already tell q u e s t i o n n a i r e s who stands by and doesn’t do anything while one that students at the end of have been each term. The of my friends get hurt.” applying this university hopes information to utilize this that they’re new information Sara VanderBaan, Freshman learning in to better tailor the modules its messaging in different and programming within the was the section on bystanders — areas through multiple different Office of Health Promotion and like, friends that see something interactions that we’ve had with Wellness to fit students’ wants happening and don’t really the students.” and needs. know what to do,” said freshman However, certain students “We want to really make sure Sara VanderBaan. “I know now are more apprehensive as to that we’re meeting the students in the future what I can do whether or not the program is where they’re at,” Johnson said. in a situation where I need to truly effective. As a summer “This may include changing prevent some kind of sexual assignment, they say that it feels social media strategies and assault. I don’t want to be that cumbersome and unnecessary – incorporating different kinds person who stands by and yet another task to dutifully and of events to better connect with doesn’t do anything while one of blindly complete. students on relevant issues.” my friends get hurt.”

“I didn’t really feel it was The module’s strong message The Office of Health and necessary because I feel like if of bystander intervention also Wellness said that students’ I was going to rape someone, I coincides with the university’s response has been promising. don’t think Haven would stop

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me,” said freshman Joe Weiss.

“That sounds really bad, but if it wasn’t so basic and had knowledge that I didn’t already know, it might be helpful. It felt like one giant course telling me not to rape people, which I already know.”

He added that it was difficult to take the module seriously and that it was relatively easy to complete in an arbitrary manner.

“It was clear what the answers they wanted were,” he said. This mindset may prove to be a serious obstacle in Haven’s ability to accurately gauge student growth, and one that is mostly likely impossible to completely eliminate.

Since the module is still in its fledgling state at DePaul, it is impossible to know what kind of lasting impact — if any at all — it will create upon the university community. In all likelihood, statistically significant data will not be available until several term cycles have been completed. But in a society in which one in five women and one in 16 men experience sexual assault during their college career, it is difficult to see the harm in trying.

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Chicago budget mess to affect students

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Chicago is on the brink of its largest property tax increase in modern history after years of mismanagement and kicking the can down the road.

The levy, $543 million, seems extremely high and daunting not just to a college student, but to typical family living anywhere in the city.

Oddly enough, no one is very surprised that measures such as this need to be taken.

The money will go towards police and fire pensions, which have been severely underfunded for years.

According to the Chicago Tribune, this will put the collective police force in position to receive an 11 percent raise over the next five years.

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Black Sheep gives alternative kick to news

By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

The Onion and Clickhole vent the hilariously truthful frustrations of everyday life, but now a satirical paper geared at college students has made it to DePaul’s campus.

In 2004, Atish Doshi and Derek Chin started The Booze News, a satirical paper, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

“Fast forward a few years and here we are,” Quinn Meyers, the Digital Creative Director of The Black Sheep said.

Now, “here” includes DePaul and 34 other schools throughout the country, as the paper prints under the name The Black Sheep.

The publication recently started printing print issues once a month to distribute at local businesses and on campus, and they rely on advertising in order to support it.

Each print issue is almost entirely the same for every campus, but DePaul’s features some DePaul stories a month, to make it campus-specific.

“My work was in the most recent print edition,” DePaul student Robert DeShazer

said. “I wrote ‘The 5 Worst Places to Loudly Murder Someone on Campus’ and ‘The Top 10 ‘Game of Thrones’ Quotes to Use Fall Quarter.’ It’s pretty cool to see your stories in print.”

While there is a corporate team, each different campus paper is run by groups of students at the schools, who find ways to get involved through different mediums. At each campus, The Black Sheep hires writers and a Campus Editor through online applications and an in-person interview.

“I found (The Black Sheep) on Handshake,” said Liz Hettler, the Campus Editor of The Black Sheep at DePaul. “I interviewed for the position and fell in love with the idea of managing a group of funny writers with a kick of sass.”

The DePaul writers get together once a week to come up with story ideas, which are normally inspired from being observant on campus or mocking things that have personally happened to them.

“I find ways to secretly talk about things that have happened to me without giving away that it happened to me,” DePaul student

Clyde Stansbury said.

“I take things that I see going on on campus, or events that happen in popular culture and focus my writing on that,” DeShazer said. “I start with a basic story, then fill it in with jokes and such that help progress the story from point a to point b.”

Some of the writers for The Black Sheep credit the relatability — being campus specific — as to what makes good satire.

“We are writing satire for a specific group of people, that being DePaul students,” DeShazer said. “Satire is about knowing what your audience knows and lampooning it in a way that students will relate to.”

Similar to The Onion, another popular satirical news publication, The Booze News is free and published weekly, with a circulation of 20,000 on UIUC’s campus. Unlike The Onion, which stopped publishing in print in 2013, The Booze News and The Black Sheep still publish monthly. “(Doshi) thought the campus paper there was too straight-laced and wanted to start another paper that spoke more to the social and fun side of college life,” Myers said.

When the paper began, Doshi and Chin were doing everything for it, from writing the stories to managing marketing. Students began to get involved and local businesses became interested in advertising with them.

Eventually, they were able start a business with the financial support they were receiving from advertisers.

With the relatability of The Black Sheep’s satire, and the continuously rising popularity in satirical news including The Onion and “The Daily Show,” it’s feasible for editors, writers and readers to imagine satire becoming more and more popular on campus.

“It’s important to have satire in the college atmosphere for the same reasons it’s important to have satire in general,” Myers said. “It allows for students to explore and confront problems about college life without necessarily needing to solve them. Or, just writing goofy nonsense, because in a world where bad news and your opinionated Facebook friends dominate the airwaves, sometimes people just want to laugh.”

CAMPUS CRIME REPORT : Sept. 23 - Sept. 29, 2015 Seton Hall 9

University Hall 3

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Munroe Hall 2

4

Sanctuary Hall 6

LOOP CAMPUS Corcorran Hall 8

McGowan South 5

DePaul Center 12 13

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LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS

LOOP CAMPUS

LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS SEPT. 23 1) A theft report was filed for books missing from a supply

9) A burglary (nonforced) report was filed for a camera taken

closet is Byrne Hall.

from a room in Seton Hall.

SEPT. 24 2) A possession of cannabis report was filed for a room in

SEPT. 28 10) A theft report was filed for a bicycle taken from the rack in

Munroe Hall. Offender was taken into custody by Chicago Police.

SEPT. 25 3) A smell of marijuana report was filed for a room in University Hall. No drugs were found.

4) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was filed for a room in Munroe Hall. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago Fire EMT.

5) A theft report was filed for a speaker taken from a lab in McGowan South.

6) A smell of marijuana report was filed for a room in Sanctuary Hall. No drugs were found.

SEPT. 26 7) A criminal trespass warning was given to an unauthorized person asked to leave DePaul University Property.

SEPT. 27 8) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was filed for a room in Corcoran Hall. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago Fire EMT.

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the Clifton garage.

11) A smell of marijuana report was filed for a room in Munroe Hall.

SEPT. 24 12) A theft report was filed for merchandise taken fron the Barnes and Noble in the DePaul Center.

SEPT. 25 13) A criminal trespass warning report was filed for 3 an unauthorized male in the DePaul Center.

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Students rejoice at free laundry

By Yazmin Dominguez Contributing Writer

A life skill college students acquire is learning to separate your lights from your darks and figuring out which setting fits your load. For students like senior Beth Pedraza, laundry was a basic rule of survival.Inline image 1 Since the end of the 2014- 15 school year, the Department of Housing Services (DHS) switched from WASH, the original vendor of the wash and dry machines, to ASI/Mac-Gray Campus Laundry Solutions. The new laundry machines were installed over the summer and they were fully functional and ready to welcome students when they moved into their dorms.

The new switch means students no longer need to stockpile quarters or swipe their Demon Express card to add money electronically.

The cost of laundry has been absorbed into students housing tuition, allowing it to be free to students.

Daniel Hansen, a DePaul senior who lived in Munroe Hall his freshman year, recalls his struggles with laundry.

“Back in my day, I used to have to trudge down to the first floor of Munroe with my laundry and stuff all my clothes in one load. I would squeeze all my apparel in one wash,” Hansen said. “It was very unorthodox because I would mix all my colors; it was tough.”

“These kids do not know how easy they get it,” Hansen said. “In nine months I probably spent a good $100 on laundry or more.”

The switch has not decreased the

quality of the washing and drying machines. ASI/Mac-Gray Models are still high-efficiency models with energy saving perks.

“I’ve messed with the settings on my machine just to make sure I use the least water possible,” Pedraza said.

Yasmine Tabbara, a certified home appliances consultant at Sears in Chicago Ridge, said high efficiency washing machines come with sensors, which detect the amount of clothes inside. The machines adjust the amount of gallons of water accordingly to the size of the users load.

Mac-Gray’s high-efficiency drying machines work following the same method, although drying machines detect how wet the users clothes are. Therefore, when the drying sensors detect no more moisture, the machine ends the drying cycle. Both high-efficiency washing and drying machines result in less water and energy use.

“Government regulation mandated electricity consuming appliances to become high efficiency in 2008,” Tabbara said. “With non-efficiency laundry machines 23 to 28 gallons of water are used versus the 13 to 18 gallons of water with high efficiency machines.”

DHS suggested students use high efficiency laundry detergent as well.

“The ‘less is more’ approach helps residents stretch their detergent and get their clothes cleaner, since less soap means less chance of over sudsing or not rinsing out,” said Jennifer Leopoldt, the Marketing and Communications Manager, from the DHS office.

Chaz Bottoms, a junior on the track

and field team who lives in Sanctuary Hall, finds the no-charge laundry service beneficial for his frequently dirty uniforms.

“I use the service about once a week,” he said. “As an athlete, we go through multiple outfits a day so the free laundry definitely saves a lot of money. The new machines are also faster than the old ones so I’m saving time and money.”

With the switch of vendors came a new service: the LaundryView monitoring system. LaundryView allows students to check the remaining time of their laundry as well as giving them the ability to see which washing or drying machines are not in use.

“One time I entered the room and all the machines were taken up, and I was in a rush so I took clothes out of the washer, a common practice, and as soon as I started putting them on top of the machine the clothes’ owner walked in and gave me the dirtiest look,” Bottoms said. “It was very awkward.”

Students can also track how much time their specific loads have left or if a machine has opened up by making an account on LaundryView. This additional tool is meant to make laundry more accessible and efficient for students.

The act of rushing to take clothes out of the laundry machine and dumping them on top of the machine is no longer even an option. The embarrassment isn’t a concern for Bottoms anymore.

By registering with their phone, students can receive text alerts reminding them of their laundry status. Students can also access LaundryView as a mobile app by scanning the QR code posted in the

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laundry rooms.

Kara Stieskal, a junior who lived her freshman year in Clifton-Fullerton, feels as if the upgrade makes dorm life much more convenient for current students.

“I think that the people living on campus are fortunate to have free laundry, and I wish that we didn’t have to pay out of pocket for laundry when I was dorming,” Stieskal said. “When you are paying a dollar to wash and dry each, it racks up pretty quick so I think I would have definitely done laundry more often back then.”

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Planned Parenthood scrutinized

By Yazmin Dominguez Nation & World Editor

For those who have not visited a Planned Parenthood clinic, it begins quite simply. The closest clinic to DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus is off the Red Line stop at North and Clybourn.

Upon opening the heavy-duty doors and walking up a short flight of stairs, patients come upon a miniscule office.

However, these particular clinics, as well as the varying Planned Parenthood offices around the country, are under heavy scrutiny.

The controversy began in July when the anti-abortion group, Center for Medical Progress, released a series of videos, one where Planned Parenthood executives were seen to be discussing, selling and profiting from fetal tissues from their patients.

As a response to the controversial video, the GOP has felt the need to halt the organization and is willing to go to drastic measures to do so.

Conservative politicians considered backing a government shutdown as a method to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

As a response to the conservatives' drastic call, and as a means of appeasing those on both sides of the aisle, the

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Planned Parenthood supporters rally for women's access to reproductive health care on "National Pink Out Day'' at Los Angeles City Hall Sept. 29.

House of Representatives has decided to investigate Planned Parenthood’s employees and executives. The House’s investigation would allow them to subpoena members and records.

Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood’s Federation of America, could also be under investigation.

The investigations could be detrimental to women’s health, DePaul student Sana Malik said, because they may defund the

group, which provides essential birth control services for women who cannot afford these services otherwise.

Having utilized Planned Parenthood for the past four years, Malik is a firm believer in the organization.

“They make information and their services so easy, that is why I fear that if their funding does get cut, these resources won’t be as readily available to folks who are in a situation where they might really need it, leading

to more uniformed, unhealthy decisions,” Malik said.

“Apart from my own experiences with them, there are many women in my life, all from a wide range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds (and) different social orientations, who have also depended on Planned Parenthood for services. Not one of them has ever regretted the experiences they’ve had.”

Planned Parenthood started a “Pink Out for Planned Parenthood” campaign in

retaliation to the hearings.

“The whole controversy regarding these videos has nothing to do with fetus tissue or organs or babies," Malik said.

"It has to do with conservative politicians (who) believe women should not have the right to an abortion or other reproductive services because, for one it gives women too much liberation to do as they please with their bodies, or two it goes against religious stance on sex and abortion.”

“Nobody else should or can make this decision for someone else,” Malik said.

Christopher Bury, a DePaul professor and former journalist for ABC, said the Senate has passed a bill that is going to divert the government shutdown.

Certain departments of health services, such as Planned Parenthood, would have been shut down, since Planned Parenthood is mainly funded by Medicaid money. This federal money goes to health services such as contraceptives.

“It doesn’t surprise me that Planned Parenthood is a popular topic during this race,” DePaul junior, Mackenzie Canfield, said. “I wish that it wasn’t for the reason that women’s reproductive health shouldn’t be a divisive issue or a part of political conversations.”

Facts behind government shutdown explained

By Jessica Genova Contributing Writer

Congress passed a temporary bill advancing government funding to $1.2 billion until Dec. 11. By doing this, Congress averted what would have been America’s 19th government shutdown since 1976, according to CNN. Government shutdowns are extremely common and can occur for several reasons, whether it is a politically motivated strategy from one party or a general failure to reach a consensus on debated issues.

What is a government shutdown?

A government shutdown is the name of a process that the executive branch enters into when Congress is unable to enact legislation to fund government agencies and projects, before the fiscal year ends.

Brad Plumer from the Washington Post said there are many sectors of the federal government that need to be funded each year in order to operate. If Congress can’t agree, they have to close down.

The politics behind a shutdown Democrats and Republicans use the statutory limit on the debt (how much the federal government can borrow legally) and try to force each other to negotiate on issues before the clock runs out. Wayne Steger, a professor in the political science department at DePaul, explained the politics of a shutdown.

“Democrats, when they are in the minority, have used the debt ceiling to call attention to Republican spending on

defense and the deficits that result from tax cuts,” Steger said. “Republicans — when they have been in the minority — have used the debt ceiling to force Democrats to accept spending cuts.”

What is the real issue here?

Discontinuing taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood has created tension.

Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization that provides reproductive, maternal and children’s health service as well as abortions. In addition, several videos were recently released including conversations about fetal tissue harvesting.

Planned Parenthood has repeatedly denied that these videos are legitimate, and continue to defend their position on women’s healthcare. Some Republicans on the other hand, refuse to approve a budget plan that includes funding for the organization.

What is the after effect?

The impact of a government shutdown can vary by agency and population. In 2013, 800,000 federal employees were sent home without pay. Thankfully, students will not feel the effects of a government shutdown, as student loans are funded through pre-paid contracts.

“I don't expect that to happen this year. Republicans are going to oppose raising the debt ceiling to pressure Obama and Senate Democrats to cut spending on a variety of social welfare programs, including health care through Planned Parenthood. The problem is that it is a

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Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on "Planned Parenthood's Taxpayer Funding." Planned Parenthood's funding was a major component in why conservatives wanted to defund the government.

politically losing strategy," Steger said. "If Democrats don't cave, the government gets shut down and Republicans get most of the blame. If a shutdown lasts more than a couple of weeks, the consequences

will be bad for Republicans in the election next year. Realizing that, I anticipate that Republicans in the House will back down in a couple of weeks. ”

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President Barack Obama (right) gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin before a bilateral meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York, Monday.

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Umpqua Community College student Nichole Zamarripa (right) is consoled during a candlelight vigil for those killed during a shooting at the school, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in Roseburg, Oregon.

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson greets audience members following a town hall meeting Friday in Ankeny, Iowa. Carson's ratings in the polls have risen since he entered the race, placing him nine points behind Donald Trump in a recent Washington Post poll.

Russia enters Syrian war

Des Moines, Iowa

New York, New York More than 1,500 days ago, the Obama administration first declared that Syrian President Bashar alAssad's "days are numbered."

He's still there, though, and a convergence of Western trepidation and Russian resolve could strengthen his position further. But it also could set the stage for a long-sought political transition leading to the end of the Assad family's 45-year rule.

In either case, Assad's Russian and Iranian backers could arguably claim victory.

But there's also a painful third possibility. Russia's decision to intervene with airstrikes this week could just prolong and exacerbate an already brutal conflict that has spawned the largest refugee crisis since World War II and helped the rise of the radical Islamic State group that, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says, aims to establish a caliphate from "Portugal to Pakistan."

Administration officials have alternately welcomed a Russian role, provided it is limited to fighting the Islamic State and al-Qaida affiliates, and denounced it as a tool to rescue Assad or a cynical attempt to boost Moscow's own military presence in the Mediterranean. U.S. officials acknowledge they really don't know what Russia's intentions are. But what is clear is that the Russians have inserted themselves into a conflict the U.S. would have preferred they stay out of.

After accusing Russia of direct military intervention in the Ukraine crisis, something Moscow adamantly denies, the administration is confronted with an overt show of Russian force in the Middle East, a region where Washington has traditionally seen itself as the main outside power.

A meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin and three meetings between Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.N. General Assembly in New York had yielded only the beginning of military-to-military talks to avoid having each other's fighter jets bump into each other, and an as-yet undetermined new effort to promote a political transition.

Carson continues anti-Muslim, refugee rhetoric

10 killed, nine injured in Oregon shooting Roseburg, Oregon The news from Oregon was grim enough in "You thought Sandy Hook would be a isolation — nine people shot dead at a community watershed at the time, but it turns out it wasn't," college. For many Americans it was all the sadder he said. "Nothing changed." as a reminder of how frequent, how depressingly Except, he said, some things have changed. routine, mass shootings have become — in malls, "You do start to worry about things that might at churches, and so often at schools and colleges. be a target," he said. "We go to the Lyric Opera in In Loveland, Colorado, an elementary school Chicago and I walk in there and I think, 'What if principal mused wistfully on how security somebody tried to make a statement?' What better precautions now preoccupied her staff, including place? It's a fleeting thought, but you do think adults-only evacuation drills that exempt the about it now." students in order not to traumatize them. "It's a The reality is that mass shootings in the U.S. sad indicator of our world right now that we have are rare and deaths in such attacks account for to have a plan," said Michelle Malvey. a tiny fraction of the more than 31,000 people In Washington, U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy of killed by gun shots annually, said Grant Duwe, a Pennsylvania said he went into his office and wept criminologist with the Minnesota Department of on hearing of the Oregon tragedy, thinking, "Here Corrections. we go again."

All mass murders — in which four or more A school security expert in Texas advised people are killed — are 0.2 percent of all U.S. Americans to brace for recurrences. "This is the homicides, Duwe said. That figure includes equivalent of: We know the tsunami is coming and episodes of extreme violence within families or we're trying to get to higher ground," said Greg during the commission of robberies or other Crane, a former police officer. crimes.

Details remained scant about why a 26-yearStill, the rate of mass shootings at schools, old walked into a classroom Thursday at Umpqua churches and other settings where the victims Community College and opened fire. But enough appear to be random targets has increased by 26 was known to trigger outrage and profound percent in the last decade, said Duwe, author of frustration that a new place name — Roseburg, "Mass Murder in the United States: A History."

Oregon — had been added to a list that includes "What's different since the mid-2000s is the Newtown, Columbine, Charleston and many regularity with which these cases have occurred, more scarred communities. that there really hasn't been any letup," Duwe said.

"We are the only advanced country on earth "These are usually incidents where people didn't that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few know the shooter, essentially they are innocent months," a visibly frustrated President Barack victims, and I think a lot of people feel like this Obama said in a televised address hours after the could've been me, could've been my child, my Oregon rampage. spouse, my parents."

"Somehow this has become routine. The Steven Goncalves, a bread franchise owner reporting is routine, my response here at this from Cumberland, Rhode Island., shares Duwes podium ends up being routine, the conversation worries. in the aftermath of it. We've become numb to this."

"I can honestly tell you that I'm not shellJames Tucker, 70, the co-owner of an antique shocked by any of these anymore," he said. "Me store in Sycamore, Illinois, about 70 miles west of and my wife will discuss it at times and say, Chicago, said Obama's comments underscored his 'What's going to be the next place? We've had pessimistic view that what happened in Oregon schools, we've had the movie theaters, we've had will happen again and again. the churches, where's the next place?' "

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said the U.S. should bar refugees from war-torn Syria because they are "infiltrated" with Muslim extremists who seek to harm America.

The comments come as Carson has taken an increasingly aggressive stance toward Muslims, and after rival Donald Trump pledged he would support deporting Syrian Muslims from the U.S. "To bring into this country groups infiltrated with jihadists makes no sense," Carson told about 150 people at the Des Moines Rotary Club. "Why would you do something like that?"

Instead, Carson recommended that the U.S. help settle Syrian refugees in the Middle East, in places such as Turkey. In Carson's view, the U.S. could assist financially but not open its doors.

Carson later told reporters that, despite the German official's comments, terrorists "would be fools not to" try to enter the United States with Syrian refugees.

"At some point you have to use common sense and judgment," Carson said. "If you are part of the global jihadist movement, and you see large numbers of people from your area moving into the United States, wouldn't you want to infiltrate them?"

Carson's comments echo Trump, who said Wednesday: "If I win, they're going back," referring to Muslim Syrian refugees.

Carson has also launched a petition challenging the tax exempt status of the largest Muslim advocacy group, part of an escalating rift with the U.S. Muslim community.

The Council on AmericanIslamic Relations last month called for Carson to quit the presidential race after he said a Muslim should not serve as president. He has since clarified his position, stating he wouldn't support a radical Muslim who did not support the Constitution.

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More than awareness Black Lives Matter protestors block traffic to and from an NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions Sept. 20. in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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To understand complex issues, Americans must read more than just the headline

By Madeline Buchel Contributing Writer

“Eat your vegetables! There are starving children in Africa!” At eight years old, as you squirm in your seat, yearn to go outside to play in the yard and stab your broccoli repeatedly with your fork, you may not question your mother’s admonition. You may accept it at face value and feel guilty about the bounty of food you’ve been provided in the face of this reminder of those who are not as fortunate as you.

You also might question the relevance of the plight of malnourished kids in a far-off continent in contrast to your full belly and a longing for playtime. And as you grow up, attend college and take your mandatory philosophical inquiry class, you may learn the official title of the reason behind your mother’s well intentioned argument: the fallacy of relative privation.

Otherwise known as the appeal to bigger problems, the fallacy of relative privation refers to the occasion when arguments about certain issues are minimized on the grounds that more important issues exist, like when eight-year-old you argues you’re being drowned out by the idea that there are children in the world who are not.

The fallacy of relative privation again came to light in the argument that people should not publicly and intensely mourn the loss of a single lion’s life when many African-Americans endure a daily fear the loss of their lives at the hands of police.

For those who aren’t familiar with the two sides of this dilemma, here’s a brief recap: Cecil was a protected lion at a Zimbabwean park who was illegally killed by an American dentist in July, sparking massive social media outrage and petitions that clamored for the prosecution of Cecil’s killer. Many celebrities, including Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Kimmel and Ariana Grande, expressed grave dismay at the perceived absurdity of this act.

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement began in 2013 with the shooting of Trayvon Martin and has continued to increase the magnitude of its campaign against police brutality after the deaths of unarmed citizens Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Some claim the extreme backlash against the killing of Cecil the Lion was unwarranted when, in their eyes, there has not been a similar outpour of support from public figures and groups regarding the previously mentioned deaths of the unarmed black men and others who have been killed by police in the past year.

An article in USA Today addressed this phenomenon when it said the death of Cecil the Lion has “the added

advantage of being less controversial.” The Huffington Post supported this idea by suggesting that the outrage around his killing was “easy.” Because most people could quickly understand the particulars of this lone animal’s death and almost everybody agreed that it was immoral, celebrities and social media commentators could express anger at the act without fear of speaking out of turn and, more importantly, without having to comb through the particulars and ambiguities that BLM attempts to raise awareness about. Ultimately, the story of Cecil the Lion is one that unites readers, listeners and viewers.

Some have accused the media of being racially biased for not covering the BLM movement as voraciously as they did with the killing of Cecil the Lion. This begs the question: where are people finding out about these cases of police brutality, if not from the media? When comparing the number of hits from Google News, The New York Times, CNN and Fox News, all outlets had far more articles on the BLM movement than Cecil the Lion.

So what should we attribute the perceived lack of widespread interest and passion surrounding the movement? It harkens back to the idea that understanding what happened in the case of Cecil the Lion is far easier than comprehending the details of all of the cases that BLM draws attention to.

An 2008 article by NPR titled “Think You’re Multitasking? Think Again” covers how scientific evidence has shown that the human brain can’t multitask.

Instead, it rapidly shifts from one task to another. The “executive system” of the brain decides which tasks to focus on and when to suppress irrelevant information. So when aimlessly scrolling through Twitter or Facebook, readers must make a conscious effort not to skip over controversial topics such as BLM. Instead, they should stop, pause and click on the article link.

Unfortunately, this is not what the average reader does. When New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo gathered data about readers’ habits, he found that when looking at Slate stories online, most people only scroll halfway through an article before stopping. And if that applies to print as well, I’m sure many of those who began to read this article are long gone by now! Cecil the Lion is easy to comprehend in a couple of paragraphs; the scope of the Black Lives Matter movement is not.

Important issues, such as potential injustices against a race that has been historically oppressed in this country, have thus become lost in the shuffle. In the age of Google, Wikipedia, Facebook and Twitter, there is simply too much information for any one person to consume it all. People are naturally scared of getting left behind

so, if left on default, our “executive systems” will start to repress reading or watching most things that require a little more time to comprehend.

DePaul philosophy professor Danielle Meijer believes learning about the BLM movement would actually help the cause of those who are seeking justice for Cecil the Lion and vice versa. Because we are all interdependent, according to Meijer, all of our issues are interdependent and inevitably boil down to the same goal: helping the greatest number of people and animals achieve their greatest good.

“That’s always been a big question in ethics, in philosophy. There are so many things to worry about, and because of technology, we do have an information overload,” Meijer said.

Meijer said the false dichotomy of having to choose between Cecil the Lion and Black Lives Matter stems from many people’s inability to realize we are all connected and therefore, all of the causes we care about are connected as well. She pointed out that even within the BLM movement, cases and issues are ranked by which ones are discussed the most, and that these specifics can be distracting. Meijer believes that this idea is far more important than arguing about the hierarchy of social issues, which is actually doing something about what we believe in.

How does this relate back to that eight-year-old who eats her vegetables because children in Africa can’t? Logical fallacies are argument shortcuts; they allow us to make our point quickly and directly without evaluating all perspectives and details. But just as the BLM movement leaves room for all lives without having to literally say it seeks to protect all races from police brutality, there is room in our media landscape for all stories without having to waste valuable time literally ranking their importance. The importance of a story is relative to an individual’s life and experiences, and so it’s the individual’s responsibility to familiarize themselves with stories that might not be vital to them but are lifeand-death matters to others.

At this point, it’s not about awareness of major stories.

It’s safe to assume that most who are aware of Cecil the Lion are also aware of the deaths of Trayvon Martin,Mike Brown and Eric Garner. It’s not about hearing these stories, or scanning them. It’s about listening. It’s about comprehension. So, while learning about entire movements like BLM might require a little extra effort and take you out of your comfort zone, your mom was right: Eat your vegetables.

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No true winners in Patrick Kane investigation

By Fabio De Simone Contributing Writer

In early August, police began investigating an alleged rape in the home of Chicago Blackhawks superstar Patrick Kane in Hamburg, N.Y. Since then, the case has experienced a legal rollercoaster as evidence emerged suggesting that the accusation was false due to a lack of Patrick Kane’s DNA on the accuser’s lower body. This legal rollercoaster only intensified when the mother of the alleged victim made a claim that a bag containing evidence of her daughter’s alleged rape was left on her porch.

Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III evenutally deemed the incident a hoax, after which the victim’s lawyer, attorney Thomas J. Eoannou, dropped the victim’s case as he “no longer has confidence in the manner and means that bag came to (his) office.” He also said that he felt he had a moral obligation to drop the case because of his lack of confidence.

These events have understandably shifted public opinion on the legitimacy of the accuser’s claims. Regardless, it is imperative to give both parties the benefit of the doubt until the case is resolved.

This, however, has been a problem for journalists covering the case, such as CBS Chicago’s Julie DiCario, who has received numerous death threats via social media for trying to maintain a neutral perspective in her coverage of the case.

DiCario’s attempts to stay neutral have been interpreted by many Blackhawks fans as being partial to Kane’s accuser, despite her never suggesting that Kane

was guilty.

This behavior towards DiCario shows the backlash that reporters often face when giving alleged rape victims the benefit of the doubt in their journalism.

Other reporters covering the Kane case, such as ESPN radio host Sarah Spain, have also received threats for maintaining a neutral perspective on the case. Such backlash is similar to the adversity that rape victims are often faced with when reporting their rapes to authorities or when they reach out within their communities. In the current social climate, rape victims are unlikely to report their crimes because of such adversity. In fact, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 68 percent of rapes are never reported.

Considering the disadvantages that rape victims already face, the results of major rape cases such as that of Kane become increasingly important. When a scandal gains this level of attention, the realities and horrors of sexual assault are given the spotlight necessary to incite progressive conversation. However, when the accusations in such cases end up being false, everyone who as ever faced adversity because of their sexual assaults suffers a loss. These scandals end up doing nothing more than cementing the prejudice against sexual assault victims that already exists in this nation.

With this in mind, however the Kane case is resolved, there is no happy ending.

If Kane is guilty, that means an innocent girl was sexually assaulted and a role model for many hockey fans has fallen from grace. If he is innocent then people

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Chicago Blackhawks President Jim McDonough (right) addresses the media at a press conference before the start of Blackhawks training camp Sept. 17.

that have actually suffered from sexual assault will have the adversity they face reinforced.

Regardless of this unfortunate situation, there is an important conversation to be had. Sexual assault and victim shaming are realities that are not

taken nearly as seriously as they should be. It is important for this conversation to remain on a national forefront longer than the end of the Kane trial. Sexual assault should not be a topic reserved for incidents involving celebrities.

SGA and the problem with secret ballots

By Brendan Pedersen Contributing Writer

DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) convened Thursday night and faced a packed gallery of student spectators, sitting in firm protest.

They had come for the third item on the evening’s agenda: an amendment to the organization’s constitution — delayed from the week prior — that would have changed the group’s voting procedure, essentially allowing each vote on any and all resolutions to be preceded by general body closed vote, deciding whether the actual vote would be open or closed.

After 90 minutes of heated discussion, the amendment was struck down by the slim margin of a single vote. But as the general body went into a recess and the protesters began to filter out, there were no cheers or satisfied grins. By the time the vote was called, they had all shared an important realization: the problem at hand would not be solved by killing one bad solution.

The main dilemma was that SGA’s constitution already provides for closed votes on a relatively broad spectrum.

The decision is currently made at the president’s discretion. Proponents of the new amendment believed the

revised voting procedure would accomplish two critical and well-intentioned goals: first, it would make the process more democratic by taking power out of the hands of the president with a simple majority vote of the general body. Second, supporters claimed that it would give student members a layer of protection from “outside

They can be summarized by two words: accountability and transparency. Suggesting that members of an elected body have the right to shield themselves from the decisions they make on behalf of the student body is categorically absurd. It doesn’t matter who you are, who you are representing or what decisions you are making; it is contrary

I don't think we're really taking into account the fact that you're taking away one person's accountable decision and adding it to a group of people who will make a closed vote.

DePaul sophomore Thomas Rietz pressures” as well as pressures from their peers, allowing them to vote without facing any backlash. Well-intentioned, yes.

But democratic? Far from it.

There are a myriad of concerns associated with allowing an elected body to indulge in anonymous voting.

to the fundamentals of any democracy to vote on a group’s behalf and subsequently hide those votes from the group.

Make no mistake, the members of SGA are elected representatives within a democratic government. They may be student representatives

within student government, but by no means does that alter their function. Arguments can be made in defense of student fragility, certainly; SGA senators are not public servants, and perhaps certain concessions can be made.

However, when a senator votes, they are making a decision that effects their constituents. That is unquestionable. The student body, in turn, deserves to know how their senator is voting in order to evaluate whether or not their representaitive is voting in their best interests. It is that simple.

Giving the general body rather than the president power to decide whether to have an open or closed vote sounds great, theoretically. For those interested in maintaining transparency and openness, putting the decision in the hands of a group seems like a step in the right direction, preventing any one person from abusing the power unilaterally.

However, the reality of the provision would have had less accountability than there is in the current constitution, as pointed out by one spectator.

“To the argument that (the amendment) is the lesser of two evils: I don’t think we’re really taking into account the fact that you’re taking away one person’s accountable decision and adding it to a group of people who will

make a closed vote,” DePaul sophomore Thomas Rietz said.

“This is basically saying that, instead of one person being held accountable whether or not a vote be held open or closed, there is extra layer of ambiguity by saying an entire group of people decides whether or not something is closed. That isn’t transparent.”

When a group of people is anonymously voting on the status of a vote, there’s absolutely no reason to have an open vote.

In what world would any rational being not choose to make a decision without personal consequence? It’s a free pass with a side of absolute impunity.

The good intentions of the proposed amendment cannot be ignored. Protection is as noble a goal as any, but it cannot come at the cost of a democratic process, even in student government.

Being a student representative is by no means an easy job but, by the same merit, it cannot afford to be.

As listed in Section II of the SGA constitution, “members will be personally responsible for their actions.”

They would do well to recognize that by considering a ban on closed voting altogether.

It’s time for SGA to honor its constituents through absolute transparency.

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

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Focus

Fantasy foo

The growth of fa created a new

By Sid Khaitan Contributing Writer

Beer, buffalo wings, friendly conversation and a healthy dose of smack talk — all the makings for a fantasy football league.

Fantasy football leagues consist of friends getting together and choosing individual players for their dream team; often times with an obvious bias for their favorite players and teams. After the initial teams are made, trade proposals, lastminute waiver wire pickups and trashtalking ensue.

Football has always been central to American culture, but recently it is becoming even more popular because of the emergence of daily fantasy leagues, such as FanDuel and DraftKings, in which you can win big money. These daily fantasy leagues are similar to online poker, in which players choose how much money to "buy-in" — generally referred to as entries — the type of draft (snake, salary cap, etc.) and also the size of the pool.

Now just how much is big money?

Enough to quit your day job? Maybe even enough to drop out of school?

According to Business Insider, Alex from Ft. Worth invested $300 to play in 2011, and a year and a half later he had made $95,000. Alex is not a college student, but a married, 34-yearold man with two children.

Although he still has a day job, fantasy sports are his primary source of income.

Although Alex’s success story sounds extraordinary ­— and is to a certain extent — he is definitely not alone. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA), this year there Graphics by: MICHELLE KRICHEVSKAYA & KAITLIN TAMOSIUNAS | THE DEPAULIA

are 56.8 million people in the United States and Canada playing fantasy sports, with an overwhelming 73 percent reporting that their favorite fantasy sport is football.

While these recent numbers are impressive, fantasy football has not always been this popular.

In 2009, the total number of fantasy players in U.S.and Canada was 28.4 million.

However, this number has doubled in the last 6 years with the emergence of FanDuel and DraftKings. With their billion dollar advertising campaign and their standalone mobile applications ­— 37 percent of fantasy players primarily use their mobile device to execute trades — it is not surprising why these two companies are so successful.

The demographics of the average player are even more interesting.

The FSTA reports that 66 percent of fantasy players are male, while 34 percent are female. The average age of a fantasy player is 37 years old, with over half having a college degree and just under half (47 percent) having a household income of $75,000 or more.

Though fantasy football is largely a male dominated space, the New York Times reports, “a surge of women are grabbing the ball as well.” Citing the FTSA, the number of women playing fantasy football in the United States and Canada has more than doubled since 2007, to 8.3 million in 2014.

With all-female leagues, the competition is not any less intense. According to CBS News, “female fans of the NFL now represent the fastest-growing demographic in sports.”

Fantasy leagues come with a pricetag, especially for long-term players. The FSTA averages that fantasy sports players 18 and

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Player: Aaron Rodgers Team: Green Bay Packers Position: Quarterback Fantasy points: 80.24 WM. GLASHEEN | AP EXCHANGE

older spend $465 each year on fantasy leagues, $257 of which is for daily fantasy leagues, $162 for traditional league-related costs and $46 on league-related materials and insider information.

With expensive buy-ins, how do college students afford to play in serious leagues?

Kamil Strycharz, a marketing major at DePaul, does not participate in fantasy football just for the money. His favorite part of fantasy football is the “fun, dignity and the right to trash talk (his) friends.”

Money is clearly not Strycharz’s motivation, as last year he managed to only lose $50, one spot away from winning his money back.

This year, Strycharz’s profits stand at $19 so far.

S t r y c h a r z ’s preferred method of managing his fantasy team differs according to the type of league.

For season long leagues, he prefers to use ESPN, and for one week leagues, he prefers FanDuel.

While fantasy football leagues can last long durations, a player’s fate is decided at the start of the season draft day. “I make my team based on who will do the best,” Strycharz said.

Pazzo’s Bar and Grill, located next to the DePaul Center on the Loop Campus, is a prime location for watching fantasy football. With a futuristic beer pong table, leather couches and a fully loaded bar, football fans can get comfortable and prepare to stay for awhile.

Pazzo’s is equipped with an NFL DirectTV Sports Package, giving any fantasy football player the chance to check up on all their players.

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Pazzo’s, said the package provides more options for the customer.

“We’ve had a lot of groups come in and do their fantasy draft here while the live draft is going on," Hudson said.

Although fantasy football has been around for quite some time, the daily fantasy leagues and trendy nature of the sport have caused it to reach its tipping point, and now it is sweeping the nation.

According to the FSTA, 14 percent of the entire nation is somehow involved in fantasy sports, with the majority participating in fantasy football. Even though money is definitely a motivation, 61 percent avowed that they are watching more live sports because of fantasy, and 60 percent say they read more about sports because of fantasy.

While it may seem that you have to be an expert in football to participate in a fantasy league, ESPN’s First Timer’s Guide gives anyone the necessary knowledge to be able to participate. Detailing league sizes to draft and scoring methods, the guide breaks down barriers for those who are intimated by following the long football season.

For experts and beginners, the competition is fierce in fantasy football.

With bragging rights and money on the line it is important to have a strong, consistent team.

If your fantasy team is struggling this year, attempt to make trades with others in your league. Experimenting with different line-ups can also help, but watch out for player injuries and off time.

For those who do not fair well in their league this season, realize that every year is a chance for redemption.

“After ending the season with one of the worst records,” Strycharz said. “I knew I had to regain my dignity by doing better next season.”

With your personal reputation on the line, fantasy football culture has become a culture of pride and ultimately, luck.

Player: Tom Brady Team: New England Position: Quarterback Fantasy points: 78.58 CHARLES KRUPA | AP EXCHANGE

Player: Andy Dalton Team: Cincinnati Bengals Position: Quarterback Fantasy points: 70.74 PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP EXCHANGE

Player: Cam Newton Team: Carolina Panthers Position: Quarterback Fantasy points: 69.80 OB LEVERONE | AP EXCHANGE

Player: Julio Jones Team: Atlanta Falcons Position: Wide receiver Fantasy points: 68.00 BRANDON WADE | AP EXCHANGE

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Arts & Life

By Jaycee Rockhold

FALL MUSIC PREVIEW

Staff Writer

Along with haunted houses, pumpkin spice lattes, and costume contests, fall also brings an intense list of concerts that are just too good to miss. If you worked a few extra hours last week or just have some cash hanging around, here are some bands you may not have heard of that are worth seeing.

Kero Kero Bonito Schuba’s Oct. 8

If you’re a fan of PC music (or are interested in hearing what a bizarre combination of video game noises and glitchy computer music sounds like), make sure you catch Kero Kero Bonito at Schuba’s. Although they’re just associated with the label and not actually on it, those looking for a quick sugar fix and a look into a puzzling spin off of pop music can find satisfaction from the London based group.

Photo courtesy of CHARLOTTE RUTHERFORD PHOTOGRAPHY

Bully

Lincoln Hall Oct. 9

I can’t help but rave about Bully, a ‘90s grunge band out of Nashville. After seeing them at Beat Kitchen last October, I quickly spiraled into obsessing over the only music they had released (a 5 song EP that briefly showcased their garage rock roots). Now, after playing Pitchfork, Lollapalooza and releasing a debut album that received critical reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone, Bully is becoming a band that’s a must-see.

Photo courtesy of POONEH GHANA

DIIV & Sunflower Bean Thalia Hall Oct. 12

DIIV has quite the following for having released only one studio album three years ago. Thankfully, the band has released a new song “Dopamine” in anticipation of their second album Is The Is Are, promising more euphonious melodies and pensive, dream pop. One of the opening bands, Sunflower Bean, deserves recognition too. Mixing lo-fi, garage rock and psychedelic rock, Sunflower Bean’s cutesy name is misleading. Make sure to get to the show early to catch the Long Island rock trio.

Photo courtesy of BEN COPE PHOTOGRAPHY

Girlpool

Subterannean Oct. 13

Girlpool is a fantastically honest duo out of Los Angeles. With a simplified version of indie rock (there’s only an electric guitar and bass), Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad sing about a wide variety of situations, from sexual encounters during American Beauty to a sisterhood relationship including matching dresses and neighborhood strolls. Even if you were lucky enough to see the band’s free DIY show at Wally’s World a few months ago, shelling out $10 to sing along to “Jane” is worth it.

Photo courtesy of ALICE BAXLEY

The Shivas (opening for The Dandy Warhols) Thalia Hall Nov. 19

I rarely pay to go to shows to see just the openers. However, The Shivas is one of those bands that make getting to the concert early worthwhile. Jared Molyneux’s vocals fluctuate from hearty screeches to soft coos, blending perfectly with shimmery guitar chords, beach pop sounds, and The Shivas’ ‘60s rock vibes. Currently signed on K-Records and wrapped up an extensive few weeks of touring, The Shivas have been keeping busy. If you like any band associated with Burger Records, then make sure you hop on over to see the Seattle trio.

Photo courtesy of THE SHIVAS

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New Art Museum director strives to build community

By Kirsten Onsgard Digital Managing Editor

Julie Rodrigues Widholm no longer wants to curate an art museum — she wants to create a community. The former Museum of Contemporary Art curator is still settling into her new position as director of the DePaul Art Museum, where she began Sept.

1, but she envisions filling the space not just with art students, but with those majoring in law, business and communication.

Contemporary art, she said, is not just about brush strokes, but is a visual representation of global and personal issues. It is the center of her life, and centers around everyone else’s. Her job is to bridge that gap.

“Art just reflects the whole spectrum of life,” Widholm said.

“What we need to do is tell those stories in a way where other departments can find those points of connection.”

The DePaulia: What drew you to DePaul Art Museum?

Julie Rodrigues Widholm: I had visited the DePaul Art Museum a few times in the past few years. I felt like it was a great opportunity to work in a great space — it’s moving in the right direction, the staff is fantastic — and create a program that I would like to see in museums today.

DP: What is your vision going forward?

JRW: I’m really interested in putting DePaul Art Museum on the map. One thing I want to do is make an interdisciplinary program that can relate to all areas of teaching and in all areas of interest at the university.

I’m still working on what specifically the vision will be because I’ve been speaking to staff, faculty and people outside of the university community to

figure out what Chicago needs.

What kind of museum and what kind of program would fill a gap?

DP: Have you been getting any answers on that?

JRW: The university mission is something I want to continue to be a part of the conversation about why we’re doing what we’re doing.

In large part, I think providing opportunities in a museum setting is important, and making sure a wide range of artists and voices are being represented.

DP: I understand that having a diverse body of artist represented is something you are passionate about.

JRW: It’s very important to me to provide opportunities to underrepresented artists. That is women, artists from Africa, from Latin America and Asian artists. It’s important to show how essentially, at the core, we are all human and there are universal concerns that we share.

DP: When did this become a priority for you?

JRW: Since the beginning of my career, I’ve always worked with a lot of female artists — it’s always been important to me. It’s important to give opportunities to female artists, but it’s also important how you contextualize them.

DP: What have your first few weeks been like?

JRW: I’ve been going on my listening tour. I’m slowly working my way through the art faculty.

But I’ve also met with faculty outside of the History of Art and Architecture. Again, getting back to this interdisciplinary idea. Making sure that I am able to respond to or be aware of the larger cultural conversations around innovation and creation at the university.

DP: Because DePaul is not traditionally known as an art

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Julie Rodrigues Widholm was named the new Art Director of the DePaul Art Museum this summer. After previously working for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rodrigues Widholm is excited about creating a community at DePaul. school, how do you see the museum fitting into the DePaul community?

JRW: I’m actually quite excited to learn about the strength of arts at DePaul. The Theatre School is a top 10 school, the music program is very strong and the film school is very strong.

But it’s also important to make it easier for other departments to understand how art is relevant to all areas of life. Modern and contemporary art, in particular, just speak about issues in life. It’s not just about how this paint is applied to the canvas. It’s related to issues of war, poverty, existence

and spiritually.

DP: How do you see the museum functioning in the larger art community in Chicago?

JRW: That’s something that we’re also working through and thinking about: What kind of role can we play within the neighborhood and the Chicago art community. I think we’re already getting great attention showing artists who live and work here.

I really hope to become a leading university museum that collaborates with other museums, and brings exhibitions from other national university museums.

Ideally, we can collaborate internationaly. I think there’s potential here to have those conversations within the city and also outside the city.

DP: What continues to excite you?

JRW: I get excited about a lot of things. I am excited about building the museum that I want to see in the world and creating connections and building a community around this museum.

Art is my life. It’s never boring, it’s always challenging and it’s always interesting. Therefore, I am perennially excited about it.

Vic Mensa and FADER find creative way to tell stories

By Kevin Quin Staff Writer

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa discussed the evolution of his career in a new documentary titled “Down To Start A Riot.” Filmed in one week, the 12-minute documentary follows Mensa as he tours his home neighborhood of Hyde Park while reminiscing on childhood friends, the beginnings of the hip-hop collective SAVEMONEY, and the continuing issue of violence on Chicago’s South Side.

At the young age of 22, Mensa has achieved several career milestones to which he gives much credit to the Internet.

“INNENATAPE,” Mensa’s second mixtape that was released in 2013, helped establish him as a solo artist and break away from his previous status as a member of the rock group Kids These Days. After touring with rappers J. Cole and Danny Brown, Mensa released “U Mad,” a haunting hip-hop track featuring Kanye West that received critical success earlier this year.

Produced by The FADER, the gritty documentary follows Mensa around the streets of Hyde Park where he spent most of his youth. While giving a tour of the community, Mensa proudly points out buildings where he illegally tagged graffiti,

hosted rap battles with a then smaller version of SAVEMONEY, and where he witnessed some of the harshest acts of violence the city has to offer.

“I was like a straight A student,” Mensa said. “But I was always in the b—. Smoking, drinking, fighting, stealing.”

Over the past few years, the ceaseless violence on Chicago’s southside has

can sometimes arise when living in such a racially and economically diverse area.

Keen to how outsiders perceive the community, which boasts the prestigious University of Chicago campus as well as President Obama’s former residence, Mensa expresses how the attraction of street life can often conflict with the traditional values that the community upholds.

Hyde Park is like the epitome of diversity and culture. It’s just like any other neighborhood at the end of the day, though. Crime doesn’t discriminate, it happens everywhere.

Sydney Sewell, DePaul junior received an overwhelming amount of mainstream media coverage. From several in-depth reports by local news outlets to Spike Lee recently filming a documentary conveniently titled “Chiraq”, most if not all of the gang-saturated territories has received attention. “Down To Start A Riot”, however, highlights the contradictions that

“It’s so in the middle of what can be seen as light and dark,” Mensa said. “These two very different worlds just clash together by a couple of blocks.”

According to a report by The Chicago Maroon, the University of Chicago’s student newspaper, Hyde Park has had a slight increase in violent crimes since 2009.

Despite this, Hyde Park’s overall crime rates remain significantly lower than other areas of Chicago. This is due in part to the diverse nature of the neighborhood and the University of Chicago’s ability to bring in a wide range of ethnic backgrounds and income levels.

Sydney Sewell, a DePaul junior, spent time exploring the neighborhood this summer. She admits to being stunned by the aesthetics of the location; yet understands why violence could still prevail.

“Hyde Park is like the epitome of diversity and culture,” Sewell said. “It’s just like any other neighborhood at the end of the day, though. Crime doesn’t discriminate. It happens everywhere.”

Towards the end of the documentary, Mensa is shown driving and reflecting on his success thus far. Seeing himself as a product of his environment, including overcoming the violence that surrounded him, Mensa hopes to be an example to anyone facing similar difficulties with big dreams.

“I never was perfect,” Mensa admits. “I was in all types of trouble — law trouble and legal trouble. Its possible, and that’s a manifesto if I ever want one.”

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A walk to remember

“The Walk” pre-screening provides viewers with interactive experience

By Matt Koske Contributing Writer

What makes something impossible?

Many believed that walking on the moon was impossible. The same goes for the incredible feat of walking across the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Not only does walking across a 140 foot gap, towering over 100 stories seem like enough, but also going unnoticed sets the bar even higher for Philippe Petit, who is already balancing over New York City.

This true story unveils the pressure, the dedication, and the love for wire walking through the eyes (and feet) of French wire walker and street performer Philippe Petit’s daring journey in 1974. Following the critically acclaimed documentary “Man on Wire” and adapted from the book authored

by Petit himself, “To Reach the Clouds,” comes a narrative biography film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ben Kingsley.

“The Walk” opens in IMAX theaters on Sept. 30 and everywhere on Oct. 9.

The DePaulia attended a pre-screening of “The Walk” at Navy Pier’s IMAX 3D theatre. Following the screening, The DePaulia participated in a virtual reality simulation of Petit’s walk across the Twin Towers.

Developers of the system detailed their newest program for gamers and moviegoers, “Sony Computer Entertainment America

LLC (SCEA), Sony Pictures Entertainment and IMAX Corporation have teamed up to deliver “Can You Walk the Walk?”

– a virtual reality (VR) experience that puts you right out onto a high-wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. The demo will be presented on “Project Morpheus” (Morpheus) – a VR system developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) that takes the PlayStation4 (PS4) system to new levels of immersion and demonstrates the future of gaming.”

After gearing up with the headset, goggles, headphones and some mental preparation from the words of Petit, the users footsteps become Philippe’s. The virtual reality simulation creates an entire 360° HD vision of New York City booming 110 stories high. As you inch over the ledge, cars and busses drive the city streets below as you try to balance on a one-inch diameter wire. The simulation operates through the Play Station 4 newest features, which are predicted to be released in 2016.

“Morpheus enables players to experience a sense of presence, where they feel as though they are inside the virtual world of a game, through high resolution visuals, advanced tracking, 3D audio technology and the power of PS4,” the developers said.

Wire walking is a craft to many. The director of the film, Robert Zemeckis, who

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DePaulia writer Matt Koske takes part in the virtual reality experience offered at the screening of “The Walk.” The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit, a French wire walker who walked between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. also directed classics like “Forrest Gump” and “Back to the Future” explained it as, “You could say it’s a stunt because it’s risky.

It’s dangerous, that sort of stunt – you’re on a wire hanging in the case of the World Trade Center towers over 1300 feet in the air – but

it’s also dance. It’s also gymnastics. It’s also ballet. It’s a whole physical performance, it’s not just the stunt – it’s an art form unto itself. It’s really interesting in that regard. In movie terms, it’s stunt work, but in reality it’s really probably ballet.”

LUBECKER, continued from front page And it’s no surprise that Lubecker’s stand-up matched a similar vibe. Lubecker’s persona on stage was a character.

His stories, told in almost a deadpan tone, focused on getting people to laugh on the absurd rather than getting them to laugh because it was relatable.

At one point, Lubecker told the story of his friend who was allergic to bees and how one day a bee landed on his friend, leaving Lubecker unsure what to do. But really, the joke was really just an excuse for Lubecker to bust out Myskital’s “Shake Ya Ass.” As he recalled “warning his friend” about the bee, the beat from the song and Lubecker yelled “shake ya ass,” paused, “…but watch yourself.”

“My on-stage persona is closer to how I actually am,” Lubecker said. “It’s actually closer to inside my brain, that wouldn’t necessarily work in normal conversation. I try to just unfold who I am. I talk to myself all the time, and that’s kind of what I do on stage.”

It’s a persona that Lubecker has spent almost five years developing. When he was 16, Lubecker would drive from the Illinois suburb, Algonquin, to the city to do open mics.

He was so young, however, that his mom would have to accompany him.

Despite being a student, Lubecker’s sole drive is to be a professional comedian. He said he gets up on stage almost five times per week and intentionally avoids scheduling night class so he has the flexibility to perform. He’s also traveled to other cities to do stand-up, going as far as Toronto.

In some aspects, though, Lubecker still looks young.

The last comedian of the night, Marty DeRosa, poked fun at Lubecker’s appearance and asked when he got on stage.

“That kid is here because of Make-A-Wish, right?” DeRosa said, drawing a big laugh from the crowd.

“Unlike a lot of comedians, I felt like he was very good when he started. I felt like a lot of us were really jealous,” DeRosa said. “He always got it. Sometimes people like that go ‘I’m so young, can you believe it?’ He actually had wellcrafted jokes. It’s interesting watching him perform. His on-stage persona is a lot older than he is … he’s a bit of a veteran, but is still very young.”

Yet, so much of stand-up is beyond just developing jokes. Lubecker has spent the last five years marketing himself and developing a business acumen as well.

At DePaul, Lubecker met fellow comedian and student Sean Parker and together the two of them went to The Playground Theater and pitched a show that would pave the way for “Funked Up Friday.” Lubecker and Parker, as well as Kevin Lobkovich, Patrick Reilly and Aaron Branch,

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DePaul student and stand up comedian AJ Lubecker hosted a show at the Laugh Factor on Oct. 2., becoming the youngest comedian to host a show at the Laugh Factor’s 10 p.m. Friday slot. hosted a weekly show called “Chicago College Class Clowns (C4),” a show geared for college students. C4 ran for two years on a weekly basis from January 2013 to May 2015.

Once Parker and the others graduated, Lubecker pitched the concept of “Funked Up Friday” to the Laugh Factory. Already having performed there regularly as a comedian and occasionally hosting a specialty C4 show at the Laugh Factory, Lubecker went to Laugh Factory owner Jaime Masada and Director of Operations Curtis Shaw Flagg with a business plan, telling them how the 10 p.m. slot could be used for a looser atmosphere and how he could draw an audience.

“He’s probably one of the hardest working comics,” Shaw Flagg said. “I watch the way he promotes. He’s giving us his word that he can make it popular and draw in the time slot that he’s in … We don’t give that slot to just anybody.”

Flagg said “Funked Up Friday” is a twist on the normal showcase of Chicago’s best comedians, going for a more “funky, alternative” atmosphere.

Lubecker certainly brought the funk. After DeRosa, the headliner, finished his set, Lubecker wrapped things up with getting three members from the crowd to come on stage and create their own dances based on a phrase Lubecker provided.

Rich Michelin, 26, was one of those people chosen. He had to get out of his comfort zone and then wowed the crowd with his own dance moves.

“The show was great,” Michelin said. “The funny thing is that my fiancé said that we should sit in the front row and I didn’t want to. She said ‘oh no it will be fun, they’ll probably pick on people in the back.’ Of course, I got picked.”

Lubecker will host “Funked Up Friday” once per month with his next show being Nov. 6.

“It’s definitely surreal thinking about it sometimes,” Lubecker said. “I know that a lot of other comics were trying to get that show … Sometimes thinking about that it’s happening, it’s a huge stage. I can believe it, but it’s just cool accomplishing things you were reaching for.”

“GAME” ON

By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

Pulling up to an abandoned looking building on a street filled with empty warehouses late at night in Chicago never seems like a good idea, no matter who you are, but for avid gamers and drinkers it’s an ideal way to spend their Friday night.

Instead of being home to a grisly demise for those who enter the building, it’s home to Gaming Under the Influence (GUI), a game show filmed in Lincoln Park and streamed online for free.

“GUI is really taking advantage of the internet and the way that people can be involved,” Kevin Fair, the co-commentator and brand ambassador of the show, said.

The show centers around three competitors, who play numerous video games against each other in three rounds.

The first round consists of the competitors performing a beer chug to determine who plays first, while the loser sits out. The two winners then get to essentially play an updated version of the game Pong, one of the first video games ever made.

The second round starts with a game of flip cup. The players compete until they have successfully played flip cup, and as soon as they have finished, the players run to the stage to play “Crazy Ball” — a soccer video game.

Rounds continue to occur, with each player getting progressively more intoxicated the longer the game goes on.

After a dizzying amount of rounds, a winner is crowned and invited back to partake in the fun the next week.

All of this takes place in a large rented

room on the sparsely populated Mendell St. in Lincoln Park filled with hand-painted graffiti, a bar and tables where guests of the show can sit and play video games before the show starts broadcasting, which they are currently fighting to keep. In order to maintain the studio, the GUI team created a GoFundMe page, where they currently have $2,725 of their $20,000 goal.

Gaming Under the Influence originally began with Jared Hoffa, the creator, host and executive producer of the show, moving the show from bar to bar and having it played out live.

Technology is crucial to the show, not only for the duration of the episode, but also in the creation of their studio.

“Before we laid a single piece of wood down, we built the studio using virtual software and viewed it in the Oculus Rift,” Hoffa said. “The whole team got to see this studio in virtual reality before we ever came here.”

The adoration the team feels for technology has inspired them in the direction they’re planning on taking the show in the future.

“People always say the future of our show should be television,” Hoffa said. “But I never want to touch television.”

Hoffa plans to continue the show, and hopefully in the future have an entire network exclusively on the Internet.

So far the show has been successful in attracting viewers and attendees. Part of this is due to the interactivity that the viewers are able to participate in.

Viewers have a say in which contestants participate in different challenges, and of course, which contestants need to chug

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Game show filmed in Lincoln Park centers on booze and video games

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Kevin Fair commentates for the Lincoln Park game show, Gaming Under the Influence.

The show features contestants playing video games against one another. their beer, or take extra shots of alcohol.

One of the most fun aspects of the show is that anyone over 21 can come and watch the show while it’s being filmed live, and drink for free. Many people return because they have had such fun experiences.

“You get to drink for free and cheer on

the competitors,” Jasmine Vo, a Chicago resident said about what she continues to come back to Gaming Under the Influence.

“It’s a fun and safe way to spend a Friday night.”

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The mural, located at the corner of Eighth and Wabash, addresses the issue of catcalling, and how it makes women feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

By Danielle Church Contributing Writer

The CTA “L” trains in Chicago have been known for their loud, screeching noises echoing through the streets. They cancel out just about every noise, including the screams of a police officer directed toward Neysa Page-Lieberman.

Page-Lieberman was on her way home from work at Columbia College Chicago, where she is the chair for the Columbia College Wabash Arts Corridor Committee, when she noticed a police officer gesture in a suggestive way to a woman walking by the CTA Roosevelt station. The woman halfsmiled at the officer in a panic and shuffled away quickly.

“I didn’t blame her (for smiling),” PageLieberman said. “He’s a cop…he’s got a gun,” but Page-Lieberman did blame the police officer.

She felt the need to stick up for the woman because she had recently worked with artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh on a project called “Stop Telling Women to Smile” that focuses on telling people to stop catcalling women.

Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., Fazlalizadeh made her way to Chicago because Page-Lieberman contacted her to design a mural on 8th and Wabash Streets in the South Loop. The mural features both the project’s name and women with no facial expression, to show that a woman being told she needs to smile is not acceptable in society.

“I knew that any female walking down the street past this mural was going to feel like she has an advocate and wouldn’t feel alone,” Page-Lieberman said. “They’d feel thankful that someone is out there saying ‘You know? This is not okay. We are not going to deal with this anymore.”

Page-Lieberman also asked Fazlalizadeh to feature some of Columbia College’s students, which she gladly accepted. 20 students volunteered to be a part of the project. Before working on the mural, Fazlalizadeh met with all the students that volunteered, interviewing each one about their experiences with catcalling.

While meeting with the students, Fazlalizadeh taught the girls about

microaggressions, which is when someone tells them to smile. It may not seem like they are being assaulted but it might make them really uncomfortable, angry or scared. “(The girls) were feeling happy to be engaging in a conversation about this because it’s just a grey area where your gut tells you that this is wrong and you shouldn’t have to put up with this,” PageLieberman said. “Women often times feel like they can’t fight back, they can’t say leave me alone; they think they just have to smile and keep walking.”

Barbara Schaffer, the Associate Vice President in DePaul’s Office of Institutional Diversity, believes that in order to send a message to people, the “Stop Telling Women to Smile” campaign is a perfect way to do so.

“I like what (Fazlalizadeh) is trying to bring attention to and she’s certainly bringing people’s attention to it. Many people identify with ‘smile and look pretty.’”

Schaffer said. “That sort of phrase resonates so I think it’s a very cool campaign.”

Not all women have an easy time responding to their catcallers. According to Page Lieberman, it’s important to always assess the situation before responding.

“If it’s not a dangerous situation, you should say something back,” PageLieberman said. “But you should also feel empowered to talk back to somebody, if you’re not endangered. Make the harasser feel uncomfortable. Sometimes harassers apologize.”

Sometimes an apology isn’t enough though. Some women, transgender or gay people face catcalling on a daily basis.

DePaul senior Taylor Bissonette was sitting on the curb as she waited for a friend, right in front of Fazlalizadeh’s mural. Within the five minutes that she sat there, a man approached her, took out his headphones and said, “You are the most adorable person I have ever seen.”

Bissonette says this was not a new situation for her. She is approached almost every week.

“I feel really uncomfortable, and what’s worse is when you’re on the train and it happens and everyone just kind of ignores it and pretends it’s not going on,” Bissonette said.

When Fazlalizadeh had met with Page-

Lieberman and the 20 students, something that seemed to be coming up constantly was how often the women would be catcalled. “(Getting catcalled multiple times) is what everyone was talking about, and some people were even saying ‘everyday of my life’, ‘multiple times a day’, ‘every time I go

outside’ and so it was really interesting. It’s kind of like, as a woman, it’s not surprising at all,” Page-Lieberman said. “You’re never going to meet anybody who has no idea what you’re talking about.”

That is, until the world can stop catcalling altogether.

By Colin Sallee Contributing Writer

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Drake and Future don’t make the cut

New mashup album by rappers can’t compare to ‘Watch the Throne’

By Reed Lubin Contributing Writer

“Watch the Throne,” the beloved collaboration album from Kanye West and Jay-Z is now four years old. “What a Time to Be Alive,” the new collaborative mixtape from Drake and Future is only a few weeks old. Both albums set the Internet aflame during their respective releases, but in the world we live in today, only one album can truly be considered the best. We live in a competitive society, where lists are constantly being made, trying to determine what is the best.

“Watch the Throne” is the first collaborative studio album created by longtime friends West and Jay-Z. The album took nearly a year to make, with production for the album beginning in November of 2010 and the album was not released until August 2011. To many, “Watch the Throne” is considered the quintessential collaborative effort, bringing out the best in both West and Jay-Z, allowing them to each find their strengths and utilize those strengths effectively throughout an entire album.

“Watch the Throne” is one of the best rap albums of all time, but the same can not be said for “WATTBA” as “WATTBA” didn’t give me the immediate sense of magic that “Watch the Throne” provided.

“Watch the Throne” was a collaborative album that took months of deliberate and tactical maneuvering to complete, while “WATTBA” is a mixtape that Drake announced on his Instagram the day before it was released. It might be unfair to compare the two, but as these

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While Drake and Future’s collaborative album, “What a Time to be Alive,” is a fun album, it doesn’t have the longevity of “Watch the Throne” by Kanye West and Jay-Z. two collaborative efforts are primed to be compared for the remainder of time, as both projects were created by artists who share similar popularity.

“While these songs are hot today, I don’t think ‘WATTBA’ will have the longevity of ‘Watch the Throne,’” Parker Nyquist, a digital cinema major said. “‘Watch the Throne’ offers mood swings that ‘WATTBA’ just cannot compete with.”

The mood swings that Nyquist touches on can be found in an energetic, clubfriendly song like “... In Paris,” and then changes the pace in the soft, sweet, gospellike tune in “Made in America.” While “WATTBA” offers a lot of enjoyable, fast-

paced songs, it never quite lets up, leaving the listener with only one sound in her or head. “‘Watch the Throne’ is more of a journey,” Mike McGonigle, a finance and economics major said. “I feel like I’m listening to something that has layers to it. ‘WATTBA’ is a surface level mixtape. It’s fun at the time, but I’m not going to bump it in a month.”

While many believe “WATTBA” is a fun album, it doesn’t have nearly the same lasting power as an album like “Watch the Throne.”

Avery Sherman, a vocal performance major, believes that the chemistry between

Drake and Future wasn’t nearly up to par with West and Jay-Z. “‘WATTBA’ was too Future-heavy,” Sherman said. “It seemed like Drake was just a feature on a few songs.”

Many students agree with my sentiments that “Watch the Throne” is the superior collaborative effort. However, if you don’t care to compare the two projects and just want to enjoy them on their own, listeners cna have a lot of fun with that.

Both “WATTBA” and “Watch the Throne” are entertaining in their own respects, but one may be a little more enjoyable than the other.

‘WATTBA’ rumors cause chaos among fans

By Colin Sallee Contributing Writer

“We’re all over here huddled around the speaker, phones in hand, giddy like some elementary school kids at recess waiting to hear this stuff,” Paul Jackson, a student at Roosevelt University said, as he and his friends anticipated the release of “What a Time to Be Alive.”

The joint project between two of rap’s heaviest hitters, Future and Drake, is now the no. 1 album on the Billboard 200 list, after selling 375,000 copies in its first week.

Released on Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. exclusively on Apple Music, the anticipation and misleading information that surrounded the project explains Jackson and his peers’ reaction.

As technology improves and our attention spans diminish, artists are finding new ways to pique interest. The internet spreads the wild fire, but who strikes the proverbial rumor match?

In this case, we really do not know. But of course, a few of those trusty rumors are flying around, leaving room to speculate.

Roughly a week before the album officially dropped, Twitter was set ablaze when a credible radio voice, Angela Yi from The Breakfast Club of New York’s famed Hot97. She misspoke when alluding to the two rappers releasing a substantial collection

of music.

What followed was online chaos.

An image of what was believed to be an album cover created by a fan began to pop up just a few hours after the radio show aired.

The image carried some immediate weight with media and fan bases alike. It was a very stern and almost intimidating looking owl dripping in a sort of thick, purple substance.

The media wasted no time when beginning to hurl the “album cover” around –— promoting it as a sneak peak of things to come.

Then, another “album cover” came out, which was another creative blend of the two respective logos.

After a few more images of rumored album art floated around, as well as full track list, a URL link was thrown into the fray.

This link, titled PutItAllInAPlasticBag.com, lead to a web domain that displayed a countdown. Again, each rapper had their official name on it, leading the public to believe that this was legitimate.

These online hoaxes succeeded in giving the media and fans fuel for online discussion, but music aside, the stir that surrounded this release proved to be just as significant as the men creating the music.

Some concrete evidence

started to roll in when the two took to their Instagram accounts posting photos of themselves in the studio just days before this countdown was set to expire.

“I was skeptical when I saw album art flying around,” Toye Adajaye, an aspiring rapper who lives in Lakeview said.

“For me, and most fans I spoke to at the time, we knew something was coming when the Instagram photos started coming in. That was our confirmation.”

The photos also seemed to legitimize the countdown that fans were checking every few

The album was coming.

Both Future and Drake took to their social media outlets and announced the time, date, and title of their project. The #FutureHive and October’s Very Own, two nicknames for the rappers fan bases, went ballistic.

The album was set to release on Sunday evening, the 20th, exclusively on Apple Music and Beats 1 Radio. But some questions remained. Where did all this nonsense from the last 10 days come from?

There’s reason to believe the rappers leaked the false

We had no clue what was coming or when.

We just knew something was up.

Mike Rivera, former DePaul student

hours to make sure things were still on track.

Sept. 18th came, and the 10 p.m. deadline passed. No music followed.

“It threw me off,” Mike Rivera, a former DePaul student said.

“We even saw a track list and production rundown that was also a lie. But man, did it add to the buzz. We had no clue what was coming or when. We just knew something was up.”

The day after the countdown passed, the hype machine came to deadly halt.

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The album features a song called “Plastic Bag,” similar to the website that housed the countdown.

And as previously mentioned, the artwork seemed very legitimate and featured each artist’s logo.

Drake has been known to release music with no fair warning, as seen with his project that dropped in February, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.”

The rappers realized that whatever they say will generate buzz, memes, commentary, and

all sorts of ridiculous fillers on the Internet.

This led to them taking advantage of their fans and the media in a way that has never been seen before. Baiting fans with intriguing photos, countdowns and track lists that proved to be completely false.

The driving force in this release was the unknown.

Everything flying around the internet did nothing but draw more and more people in and solidify the musicians’ mysterious approach to the project.

This album has set a new standard.

Yes, the music is quality — if you’re into the aggressive rap music that glorifies late nights with endless women, liquor and a few drugs.

But, this release has also returned power to musicians. No label drove the promotion of this album.

To be honest, the media and the fans were fooled. Over and over again. Hanging by a string, they were controlled by the two rappers as they sat in their multi-million dollar studios and cackled.

There have been no complaints from fans, though.

“They had us intrigued for days and days, which is tough to do,” Jackson said. “They’ve altered the game, and I wouldn’t expect much else from those two.”

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what’sFRESH in FILM

in MUSIC The Dead Weather “Dodge and Burn” Sept. 25

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“The Martian”

Oct. 2 20th Century Fox The new film from director Ridley Scott introduces viewers to a team of astronauts who have been sent on an exploratory mission to Mars. During a routine research walk on the surface of the planet, an unforeseen storm hits and University of Chicago alum, Mark Watney (Matt Damon), is struck by debris on the way back to his ship. Believing Watney dead, team leader Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), instructs the team to head back to Earth without him before coming to the realization that Watney is very much alive.

Scott employs actors like Jeff Daniels, Sean Bean, Kristen Wiig and Chewetel Ejiofor for what seems like a total waste of budget. The constant parade of “oh she’s in this” began to get tiring.

While not great, “The Martian” is a welcome addition to Scott’s recently uninspired work. This film gets to use all of the blockbuster tropes he enjoys so much, sweeping music, CGI and big actors, but Scott has finally allowed all of it to mean something.

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Charged like untamable live wires, the tracks on “Dodge and Burn” are posed to strike with heavy and relentless racing riffs. The group’s blues-rock style has been steeped in murky water with a toaster thrown in, electrifying their sound—especially the scorching guitar in “Three Dollar Hat.” The song almost derails before breathlessly falling back into a bass rhythm. Grumbling bass lines chase gritty thunder through each cryptic rant, completing each song and threatening listeners to try and keep up.

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LIVE Oct. 6 Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn St., $25

Oct. 9 Bully Lincoln Hall 2424 N. Lincoln Ave., $12

Oct. 8 Mick Jenkins + STWO Metro 3730 N. Clark St., $21

Oct. 11 Tove Lo The Vic Theatre 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., $30

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By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

Earlier this summer, a report was released that implicated College of Health and Sciences Dean Gerald Koocher in torture as part of The Hoffman report.

In response to this, a coalition has formed at DePaul, protesting for Koocher’s removal from his position as the Dean of the College of Science and Health.

The current protests starting at DePaul highlight the importance of protests and being able to speak one’s mind.

In honor of the freedom of assembly, here are some of our favorite protest songs.

1. The Clash — “Straight to Hell” Punk rock was created in order to protest against society, and The Clash were easily one of the greatest punk bands to ever exist. Each song by the band was a political statement, but one of the best was “Straight to Hell.”

The song addresses numerous issues within society at the time, from the shutting down of steel mills in Northern England to the abandonment of children in Vietnam who were fathered by American soldiers.

2. The Rolling Stones — “Gimme Shelter”

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Written to decry the Vietnam War, “Gimme Shelter” is one of the most popular anti-war songs of all time. The lyrics highlight the violence and tragedy that the war created.

3. 2Pac — “Changes” Still considered one of the late rapper’s best songs, “changes” protests against the problems created by the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police and the problems of hardships of living in the ghetto.

4. Joan Baez — “We Shall Overcome” Although not initially by Joan Baez, the song is most

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identifiable with her. As a 22-year-old, Baez performed the song in front of 300,000 at the Licnoln Memorial during the March on Washington. Most recently, Baez performed the song in front of President Obama at the White House in 2010 during a celebration of music from the civil rights era.

5. The Wailers — “Get Up, Stand Up” Influenced by the poverty he was witnessing, Bob Marley wrote the song on a trip through Haiti, according to his former girlfriend, Esther Anderson.

The song is about taking steps to avoid oppression. Although

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the song is most connected with its writer, it was recorded

by Marley’s band, The Wailers, before the band split.

6. Rage Against the Machine — “Killing in the Name” Now known as the signature song by the rap-metal band, “Killing in the Name” was written about institutionalized racism and police brutality. The song has also become one of the most controversial protest songs when the band burned the American flag while performing it during their performance at Woodstock ‘99.

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DePaul keeper Robinson returns for conference play

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After an injury sidelined senior Mack Robinson, he’s back on the pitch and between the posts for Big East play.

By Zachary Holden Staff Writer

It’s been a tough start to the season for senior goalkeeper Mack Robinson, but he’s back between the sticks and ready to impress just in time for conference play.

Recovering from an injury suffered earlier in the year, his transition back to starting goalkeeper has been slow, but he doesn’t shy away from his feelings about being out there again. “(It’s) fantastic. It’s hard to describe because I’ve been out for six or seven months and I’m finally getting back on the pitch,” Robinson said.

His first start for the Blue Demons came on Sept. 17 against crosstown rival University of Illinois-Chicago, though he

featured briefly against Elon at the John Rennie Nike Invitational and again in DePaul’s lone win over Fordham. Robinson saw just over 45 minutes of play before finally making his starting debut against the Flames.

“That first start, there’s not really a feeling to describe it,” he said.

Robinson’s return is something coach Craig Blazer said is very important to the team going forward. After a solid first season for the Blue Demons last year following his transfer from Ohio Dominican, Blazer expects the same, if not better, this year.

“We’re all encouraged with the hard work that he’s put in to get back to the spot he’s in right now,” Blazer said. “He hates to lose and he’s a winner, so having

that component now, he just needs more games under his belt. We need to get successful games under his belt with draws and wins.”

Despite being winless since his return, Robinson is pleased with his performance and the team’s performance as a whole, especially the recent 1-0 extra time loss to a strong Xavier side.

“It was competitive, all of our games are. Obviously it’s not a one-man effort; it’s a team effort,” Robinson said. “I do the best to help the team and sometimes it’s not enough.”

Optimism is something Robinson is not lacking. Regardless of an outcome, he manages to find positives in it and how they can help the team moving forward. In the Xavier loss for example, while the rest of the team was morose,

he immediately talked about how good the team looked out there and how all three lines – defense, midfield, and forwards – seemed to click more than they have all season long.

In Robinson’s absence, Quentin Low took over goalkeeping duties and fared well.

Blazer praises Low for his great season so far and enjoys seeing the goalkeepers compete with each other.

“We challenge everybody to get to their next step, get to their next level and (Quentin) has done that and he’s offered great support to the other goalkeepers as well,” Blazer said. “His work ethic and the amount of work (Mack and Quentin) put in is fantastic.

We’re in a good situation with goalkeepers.”

Robinson loves the competition too because it keeps him at his best, and with a quality backup nipping at his feet, he has to be.

“There’s always pressure for everyone to perform well and having good goalkeepers to back me up and push me in training is always a good thing,” Robinson said.

While the goalkeeping battles keep Mack at his best in practice, he says it’s the defense that keeps him at his best during the games.

How much does he credit them for his success?

“Ninety percent. As a goalkeeper you can make great saves, but there’s a lot of line positions and tendencies we work on,” Robinson said. “If I don’t have a good angle, I can’t make the save.”

“All of those good saves are a result of a defender pushing him the right way and I was able to make the save, that’s a credit to the whole team, not just me,” he added.

Something unique about Robinson is the number he wears on his jersey, 18. Usually starting goalkeepers opt for the number ‘1’ to signify their position on the team.

“I’ve never been a no. ‘1’ goalkeeper,” Robinson said. “The number has always been 12, but 18 was the closest to it, so I went with that.”

“It’s not really a big deal, I’m not a numbers guy,” he added.

His humbleness as a player who thinks about the team first and not about himself is apparent throughout the squad, especially with his coach.

“Mack’s a team player,” Blazer said. “Overall he wants to win and he’s got that goalkeeping mentality, it definitely serves him well and it serves us well.”

As a natural born winner, Robinson sticks with one mentality going into every game.

“I’ve always told myself the best I can do is keep the zero and we can’t lose.”

Women’s basketball tournament announces format changes

By Ben Savage Asst. Sports Editor

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DePaul junior guard Jessica January (14) hopes to lead DePaul back to the NCAA tournament, where they’ve made it past the first round two years in a row.

The Division I Women’s Basketball Oversight Committee decided to revert to a Saturday-Monday, Sunday-Tuesday format for the preliminary rounds of the Championship Tournament in March.

The decision was fueled by an interest in garnering viewers and avoiding other major sporting events. DePaul’s own Director of Athletics, Jean Lenti Ponsetto, is the chair of the committee, and was integral in the change.

“The committee made the day shift change in response to a significant amount of feedback from stakeholders in the game looking to improve in-person attendance and improve television ratings, without

sacrificing one for the other,” Ponsetto said in a press release. “Along with these changes, we will continue to conduct a strategic format review.”

The committee also voted in favor of maintaining the format of hosts for the first two rounds of the tournament. The top 16 seeds earn the right to host for the first two games. Changes will likely be in effect as of 2016.

DePaul has made the NCAA tournament the past two years and has travelled to different host sites. They’ve made it past the first round in both years, making it to the Sweet Sixteen in 2014.

The woman’s basketball season tips off Nov. 2. They go in as two-time defending Big East champions and are likely to be one of the favorites in 2015-16.

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The reluctant use of the “death penalty” COMMENTARY

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

Southern Methodist University hasn’t led much of anything since their football program was handed down the suspension, or “death penalty,” back in 1987. However, they did just take first place in one list: the list of NCAA infractions.

Head men’s basketball coach Larry Brown was suspended for nine games — this is the third time he’s been sanctioned in his career — and SMU is banned from the 2016 postseason after going 27-10 in 2014-15. With academic fraud happening under his watch, he is being punished for the actions of his coaching staff as per NCAA guidelines. This may be excusable if it was the first time he had been in hot water.

His first coaching gig at UCLA led to wins being vacated because of an ineligible player. His next coaching gig at Kansas led them to getting banned from the 1989 postseason because of campus money being used for a potential transfer going home to see an ill grandmother. Both times, Brown was punished and left the school before the effects of the sanctions could affect him.

This time around, it’s another case of a member of Brown’s staff getting in trouble and Brown and the team earning the brunt of the

punishment. After one time, the blame can adequately be placed on the assistant coach, but after three instances of a head coach earning sanctions, the blame can easily be placed on a head coach, allowing a culture among his staff that says skirting around the NCAA guidelines is allowable.

It brings in the question of why Larry Brown is still allowed to coach in the NCAA. Sure, the nine-game ban is hefty and certainly a punishment, as is the postseason ban, but the 76-yearold Brown will still return after those nine games, will still likely return for 2016-17 when the Mustangs will be postseason eligible again and will continue to associate himself and SMU with a reputation of scandal.

Brown is one of the most notable coaches in the NCAA right now. He has a reputation for turning losers into winners and has certainly done that with SMU. They made the NCAA tournament after turning in a 2710 record last year and the year before that lost in the National Invitational Tournament. His reputation as coach that brings programs back from the dead has been evident at SMU and they have become a decent collegiate program under him.

However, that’s only one of his reputations. When a history of sanctions and cheating follows him from school to school over the span of several decades, the idea that he should not be given

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SMU head coach Larry Brown has been sanctioned three times in his career and will miss nine games in 2015-16. chances like SMU has given him comes to the forefront of the discussion. He’s not the only one, of course. There are coaches like John Calipari of Kentucky, who has had violations follow

him from Massachusetts and to Memphis before he ended up with Kentucky. Wins were vacated with both teams and the biggest thing Calipari had in common with Brown is they both left when the

SURFING, continued from back page

Photo courtesy of IAN JACOBSON

William Charles Rozier catches a wave on the coast of Lake Michigan.

a Chicago surfer whose arrest in 2012 for surfing an illegal beach (Oak St. Beach) and breaking city ordinances made national headlines.

Flodstrom ended up taking a plea deal and serving 20 hours of community service, but the harsh reality that surfing is illegal in many spots can spook some away from the sport. Despite this, the surfers on Lake Michigan remain dedicated to their sport, even though the weather is not always on their side. Lake surfers have to depend upon the wind in order to create waves, which gives them less opportunity to surf than ocean surfers.

“You’re happy to get anything (while) lake surfing,” Ian Jacobson, a lake surfer from the Chicago area said. “All our waves are wind-generated swell. The time between the waves tends to be shorter in the lake, so the waves come in quicker succession, but typically have less power than an ocean wave.”

Lakes are significantly smaller than oceans, so the waves have less time to travel and come more frequently. Because of this, surfers normally have to paddle through waves in order to get out far enough to catch one, rather than wait in between waves.

The water in lakes is also less buoyant than ocean water, creating more of a drag for lake surfers while they are paddling.

Although there are many differences between ocean and lake surfing, drowning is still a major threat to surfers, including Benjamin, who experienced a drowning accident while surfing in Lake Michigan. “(The accident) really opened my eyes to how many people drown in the Great Lakes, as well as how many drown every day in the world,” Benjamin said.

water got hot.

Maybe it is time for the “death penalty.” The sanctions are tough and will punish the coach and players, but maybe they aren’t tough enough.

Surviving his accident made Benjamin realize he wanted to dedicate the rest of his life to preventing further accidents and founded the Great Lakes Surf Project. The nonprofit corporation works to educate people of all ages about water safety.

Despite the scare, Benjamin, along with other lake surfers, still heads out whenever the weather is right.

“Surf season is whenever the winds blow and the water isn’t frozen,” Benjamin said.

“Nothing else really matters (when you’re in the water). It’s a break from all the stresses in life, it’s a whole new kind of addiction.”

“The water is always changing, so no session is the same as another,” Jacobson said. “Every day’s a new experience — the only thing that remains the same is the stoke you feel from catching a solid wave.”

A struggle that Chicago surfers face is the lack of shops supporting the sport.

Most Lake Michigan surfers agree that Third Coast Surf Shop in New Buffalo, Michigan is one of the best shops catered to surfers in the Midwest. Although the trek out to Michigan is not feasible for many Chicagoans, including college students, there are other options, including buying secondhand surfing items from Chicago surfers or purchasing items online.

While there are many different ways and places to surf, most surfers can agree on one thing — there’s nothing like catching a wave.

“My favorite thing about surfing is just catching that wave,” Benjamin said.

“Waiting, maneuvering through the waves for the perfect spot, watching it peak up, paddling and popping up, then gliding down a glassy mound, hopefully with a little carving or a cutback and connecting it to the inside… and then starting all over again.”

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Volleyball avoids familiar trend in first Big East win

By Ben Savage Asst. Sports Editor

DePaul overcame an eerily familiar start, and was able to finish the match to win in four against visiting Xavier.

Sloppy play plagued the Blue Demons early on in game one, suggesting that DePaul might fall swiftly to the heavily favored Musketeers. Led by reigning Big East Player of the Week, outside hitter Abbey Bessler, Xavier’s offense dominated DePaul’s defensive front.

Coach Nadia Edwards was prepared for Bessler’s impact. “We knew that she’s the person that could control the match for that team,” Edwards said. “We tried to put the pressure on her pass to hit, and serving strategically to take others out of the equation so we could focus on her.”

Bessler’s seven first set kills were not enough to stop the balanced, error-free attack of DePaul. DePaul took the lead after a 25-23 opening set.

It apparently took a full set for Caitlyn Coffey to get hot, as she punished an early game two middle set to re-charge DePaul’s offense. DePaul’s other middle, Jasmine King, was also nearly perfect on the day at this point, hitting .750 through the first two sets.

The middle-centric attack for DePaul was no fluke. Coffey and King were fed throughout the match.

“We saw in the video that they would just have one block up in the middle, so we used that to our advantage,” Coffey said,

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All smiles on Wednesday night for the Blue Demons as they defeated Xavier in four sets. who exploited Xavier’s weakness for eight kills Wednesday night.

Despite nine kills from Bessler, the Blue Demons were able to secure a win in the second set, winning 25-23 again.

Taking an early 2-0 lead is nearly a guaranteed victory, but just last week

DePaul dropped a match to division foe, Butler, after getting up two games to none.

DePaul got up to an early 4-2 lead in game three, but slowly lost their grip on the game. King continued to be unstoppable, but Xavier’s Bessler looked poised to top her career-high 33-kill performance against St.

John’s that she posted last week.

Bessler had seven kills in Xavier’s final 10 points, fittingly including the game winner at 25-20. Shades of the Butler game crept into the minds of both fans and players.

DePaul’s outsides, Saige Gallop and Callie Huebener, had barely been heard from throughout the game. However, Edwards, a former outside herself, wasn’t disappointed with her senior duo.

“They played smart. If they could (they would) get kills, if not, (they would) put it in a spot,” Edwards said. “You might look at the stats and say we didn’t get a ton of kills from that position, but we played smart.”

Teams have to play smart if they plan on overcoming an awesome force on the opposing side, like Abbey Bessler. DePaul spread the ball around the entire team, with five players recording five or more kills. DePaul also only had eight errors, to Xavier’s 24.

Game four brought the first signs of flustered play from DePaul. In the first rotation through the line-up, DePaul missed three serves, but blocked Bessler twice.

Coach Edwards’s adjustments paid off, and Bessler was nearly completely phased out for the rest of the match.

DePaul reached match-point with a four point lead, but three grueling rallies put Xavier back in contention, down only one point. Refusing to let the Butler letdown beat them twice, DePaul fought back, winning off of a Saige Gallop kill 25-23.

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CRIME WAVE

Photo courtesy of IAN JACOBSON

Surfers on Lake Michigan aren’t worried about the cold, they have wetsuits for that. The real concerns for the sufers are regulations, crowds, and pollution.

It’s not always legal, but Chicago surfing culture thrives

By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

When people think of iconic surfing spots, Malibu, Hawaii and Costa Rica come to mind. But according to local surfers, beaches in Chicago and the suburbs along Lake Michigan belong up in the ranks of great places to surf, although they don’t want anyone to know it.

“I don’t want to give out exact specifics on surf spots because some surf buddies want to be ‘old school’ and protect secrets,” Dave Benjamin, a Chicago surfer said, although he does cite 57th St. Beach as one of his favorites in the city. He also noted Hammond, Indiana and Racine, Wisconsin as great surf spots.

Other Chicago surfers refer to beaches throughout Northern Cook County when they think of great surf locales.

While oceans are more notable for being popular surf spots, Benjamin says the main difference

is in the surfing culture at each spot.

“On the ocean I’ve seen a few instances of surf-rage, where local surfers argue or fight with newbies or tourists over who had the right of way on a wave,” Benjamin said.

“Oftentimes on the ocean there may be hundreds of surfers in the water, so you may be competing for each wave.”

Surfing culture at lakes is more of a laid back and friendly environment.

“Lake surfers are pretty chill,” Benjamin said, “especially since a crowded lineup may be only 20 surfers, or five to 10 in the winter.”

Chicago winters can be brutal, but as long as the water in Lake Michigan isn’t frozen, it’s still surfing season.

“In some seasons there may be a two to six week break when the lake is frozen over in December and January,” Benjamin said.

Surfer Magazine recommended buying a wetsuit that isn’t too thin, not going out

alone, bringing warm clothes to change into afterwards and eating root vegetables two hours before surfing in cold water.

Benjamin also noted the differences in threats that ocean surfers and lake surfers face given the large difference between the two settings. In the ocean, major threats are mostly marine life, including dolphins, sea lions and sharks. The main threat that surfers face in Lake Michigan is pollution and the illegality of surfing certain beaches along Lake Michigan.

It’s only legal to surf at four beaches in Chicago — 57th St. Beach, Montrose Beach, Rainbow Beach and Osterman Beach, and they only became legal to surf at in 2009, which makes it understandable that surfers want to keep their locations secret.

In addition to keeping crowds small, many surfers want to avoid arrest — except Rex Flodstrom,

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Photo courtesy of IAN JACOBSON

Living in the Midwest is no excuse to stop shredding the gnar.

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