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Volume #98 | Issue #4 | October 7, 2013 | DePauliaonline.com
Army strong at DePaul
Students voice anger at arena By Christina Mastro Contributing Writer
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Cadets take part in ambush training during an early morning workout at Oz Park Thursday, Oct. 3.
ROTC program grows by 50 percent By Jasmine Armand Contributing Writer
A season-ending basketball injury two weeks before essential scouting tournaments ruined Cadet Madeline Crowell’s plans for a full-ride basketball scholarship in college. “It was the worst feeling in the world,” Crowell remembered. The Bel Air, Md. native
considered attending The United States Military Academy at West Point but after researching programs and considering her options, she decided on DePaul and its U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Program. “I’m happy [that I didn’t do West Point,]” said Crowell, a bubbly freshman health sciences/ pre med major. “ROTC fell into
place and so did the basketball. I’m happy.” This year, DePaul’s Army ROTC program has seen a 50 percent increase in members, currently boasting 30 members over the previous year’s 20. Capt. Adam Malaty-Uhr completed his Army ROTC at Illinois State University and later graduated from The United States Army Ranger School.
After testing careers that included everything from teaching high school to the training of Afghani police, Malaty-Uhr has managed DePaul’s ROTC for over a year and said that the increase is due to the segmentation of the University of Illinois at Chicago, which allows for more of an emphasis on individual schools
See ROTC, page 5
‘Our Town’ bodes well for Theatre School By Andrew Morrell Arts & Life Editor
Although students have been traversing its halls for about two months now, The Theatre School had its big reveal this weekend with the premiere of “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s classic period piece about American life in the early 20th century. To add to the excitement, DePaul has invited big-name alums like John C. Reilly, Gillian Anderson and Mary Grill to perform alongside students as one of the “Stage Managers,” or on-stage narrators.
With these special guests, and “Our Town’s” large cast that includes students and even professors for some small roles, the production felt inclusive, like a welcoming of sorts, and a sign of greater things to come. The choice of “Our Town” as the debut production for the new Theatre School runs contrary to expectation. It is characteristically bare-bones in terms of design and staging; there are no sets beyond tables and chairs. There are no props either - actors must mime all their actions whether they are
More than 60 outraged people packed into Room 161 of the Schmitt Academic Center on Thursday evening. The room was filled with all kinds of individuals — from DePaul students, to DePaul alumni, to community members — all angered by one thing: the plans to build the new DePaul basketball arena. Since the plans for the new arena were announced this past May, some students and community members alike have taken a strong opposing standpoint. There have been protests and petitions organized to stop DePaul from going through with the deal. But what is everyone so upset about? The fact that 49 Chicago Public Schools have been closed due to a massive budget deficit, yet the arena is costing $55 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds, $70 million in hotel tax funds, and $70 million from DePaul alone. “(They were saying that) if we close down these schools it saves us a half a million dollars per school,” said Erika Wozniak, a DePaul alumni and Chicago Public School teacher. “So when we add that up, the $55 million could keep all 49 Chicago Public Schools open … could have. And we’d still have $30 million left over. The meeting on Thursday was co-sponsored by Students for Education Justice and concerned DePaul students (who are not affiliated with any organization.) The President and Vice President of DePaul’s SGA were also in attendance and did not comment about the meeting or about the plans for the arena.
Fight over funding
Photo courtesy of THE THEATRE SCHOOL
Alissa Walker as Emily Webb (left) and Nathan Simpson as George Gibbs in “Our Town.” preparing meals, delivering milk or playing the organ. The lack of visually striking sets that have accompanied past Theatre School productions may initially be offputting to audiences, but there is a method to the mundanity. As a
playwright, Wilder was renowned for his interest in existentialist themes, as well as his emphasis on audience engagement and interaction. The Stage Manager, a
See OUR TOWN, page 18
The meeting began with a documentary created by DePaul junior Danny Morlock. According to Morlock, the 30-minute documentary, “50: A Tale of CLOSED Skoolz & BIG Money,” started as a summer project following the Chicago Public School closings. Yet as he worked on it over the past two and a half months, he “found that it’s a little bigger than (he) originally thought.” Morlock’s documentary followed David Orr, Cook County Clerk; John Arena, 45th
See ARENA, page 6