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athy May, a DePaul political science professor and alumna of the university, passed away on Sept.

23 after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Her unwavering dedication to not only her craft, but her students, is something all of her colleagues remember about her.

The majority of May’s adult life was spent at DePaul.

She first came to the university as an undergraduate student studying political science in the 1980s.

P r o f e s s o r emeritus Michael Mezey and his wife Susan were two of May’s undergraduate professors — and lifelong friends. He said May was not an “ordinary” student.

“There were relatively few political science majors and Cathy stood out,” Mezey said.

“I remember her back then always b e i n g inquisitive, smart, did the work, t a l k e d a great deal in class and raised questions.

And so many of us encouraged her to go do graduate work in political science.”

And May did just that. Following her time at DePaul, she went on to receive her doctorate in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Like Mezey, professor emeritus Larry Bennett first met May as an undergraduate student when she took his urban politics class and ended up being lifelong friends.

He described her as an “enthusiastic” and “smart” individual in the classroom, and in detailing the work of her dissertation.

“She wrote a doctoral dissertation on the concept of home and its opposite homelessness,” Bennett said. “So she was initially a student in American politics but she ended up doing a dissertation that probably put her a little closer to political theory than American politics.”

Bennett said May had a series of teaching jobs before she returned to DePaul — including University of Wisconsin Parkside and Triton College.

“Cathy was a very opinionated person and not one to keep her misgivings about things to herself,” Bennett said. “And I think that at Triton things happened... but as a

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political science at DePaul, agreed that May’s animation in the classroom made her stand out among students and faculty.

He peer reviewed her class once, too, and said that in an effort to help her students understand the topic they were discussing, she pulled in pop culture — ultimately breaking into song.

“I’m just laughing that, yeah, here she is, in the middle class breaking out in song,” Hibbard said. “And, you know, of course, the flip side is I would never do that. But this is kind of Cathy, I mean, there’s just no inhibitions.

When she was there, she was there.”

But what made May a great teacher as opposed to a good one was her commitment to her students outside of the classroom.

Muhammad Ramadan, a DePaul alum, wrote in a Facebook tribute that she saved his life.

Ramadan, who grew up on the South Side, wrote in his tribute that he felt as if he didn’t fit in at DePaul — that he “wasn’t E TH good enough” — and was planning on A| K SZ dropping out. But May told him otherwise.

U L GO “I’ll never forget when she said to ALICIA me, ‘Listen kiddo, you’re smart and talented.

You can go places.

But you’re very rough around the edges (lol) if you listen and work hard I can help you get to where you want May’s former student to be,’” he wrote.

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Ramadan now has his own legal practice and remained close with May until she died.

He wrote in the tribute that the two cried together in her office when he was accepted to Michigan State University’s law school, after he was rejected from a number of other law schools. May attended his wedding and “danced as if she was family.”

“These, and plenty more, are lessons I will always carry with me,” Ramadan wrote in his Facebook tribute. “She helped shape the foundation of my life as a man, both personally and professionally. For that, I am forever grateful. I hope and pray I can always live up to the standard she set out for me.”

While she cared deeply about her students, she also loved what she taught.

“She loved ideas. And she loved politics.

And she loved intellectual engagement.

And if you’re a good teacher, you know, part of it is being able to share that,” Hibbard said. “A good teacher can present material in a way that their enthusiasm

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“She helped shape the foundation of my life as a man, both personally and professionally. For that, I am forever grateful.”

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Muhammad Ramadan

faculty member there at some point she felt that she needed to speak out about some of the decisions that were being made.”

When she did return to DePaul, this time as a professor of political science and eventually as head of the department’s internship program for over 20 years, May brought the same fiery spirit she had in her undergrad days.

Her colleagues remember her as a professor completely dedicated to her students.

“You know, by now the faculty members you go to see [during office hours] and they can define attendance that they want you gone,” Mezey said. “That wasn’t Cathy. Cathy would spend as much time as you needed with her. She was asking about you, about your personal life, about your academic goals, and work with you.”

Mezey recalled a time towards the end of his career at DePaul when he performed a peer-evaluation of May in the classroom.

“It was exhausting watching her,” Mezey said. “She had so much energy.”

Scott Hibbard, department chair of

Two generations’ first vote My grandmother has been a citizen for 21 years, yet she has never voted before.

She personally never felt like there was urgency to vote in the primaries or general elections.

I, on the other hand, have always wanted to vote. I knew that voting could be one of the only ways I could have my voice directly counted on a national level.

It means so much to me that my grandmother and I will be casting our first votes in this upcoming election. We often underestimate how powerful a vote can be, but I believe this high-stakes election has reminded us how a single vote will impact the next four years.

It’s vital that we encourage every single person to go to the polls. I’m ecstatic that my grandmother now sees the value of civic engagement and can make voting a habit.

I also find our first voting experience powerful because we are Latinas. The Latino community faced discrimination when trying to vote, and it feels so empowering to exercise the rights my ancestors fought for. Our vote is more than just who we want to be president, it’s our voice. I’m excited to be a part of another generation of Latinas who will be civically engaged.

However, political topics are taboo in some families. It can make family members uncomfortable or lead to angry conversations. Powerful outcomes can occur when we bring up these topics with our family. We can learn that we have more in common, or we can have an opportunity to educate each other. We need to start normalizing having political conversations with our family members.

We had never discussed candidates and policies before, but I’m glad we did.

It was awkward at first, but it transitioned into a conversation about our beliefs. If my grandmother was unfamiliar with a topic, I’d share with her facts and my opinion. It was an intimate, necessary conversation for both of us. I feel closer to my grandmother, and excited that we can share this experience together.

I’m hoping that her newfound excitement will spread to her friends. Members of her generation aren’t immersed in political exposure like myself. I am following candidates on Twitter, listening to political podcasts and watching the political news. She gets a narrow version of that, but nonetheless, she was able to inform herself through watching the debates and watching the news. This can spread to her friends and get them to the polls as well.

This could be the first step in integrating politics to our conversations more often. It doesn’t have to be restricted to the election, but to policies. I want to start

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MAY continued from front is infectious, and people become excited about the material because you’re excited about material.”

May’s area of expertise was symbolic politics, which is the examination of how politicians make policy emotional.

“It’s just whose team are you on, and where, viscerally, are you,” Hibbard said.

“The criticism is that this has contributed to the dumbing down of politics, that it’s really about the manipulation of symbols and imagery in a manner that can mislead the electorate. But on more than one occasion, whether in the hall or in the pub or over dinner, she would be going on about how [her mentor] had it right about politics.”

Mary Gallagher met May when both were studying political science as undergraduates.

“We both went on Harry Wray’s Washington D.C. trip and the rest is history,” Gallagher said.

Although the two fell out of contact for several years when May went on to get her doctorate in Madison, they found their way back to each other in the ‘90s when May began teaching at DePaul and Gallagher was practicing politics.

Gallagher recalled one of her fondest memories with May being a time before they went out for the night.

“A neighbor was harassing me about my tenant putting newspapers in his recycling can,” Gallagher said. “He dumped all the recycling outside my garage. I was crying, Cathy went after him, and next thing you know he was cleaning the recycling that he dumped and we were off, laughing.”

Outside of the classroom, May was known for her free-spirited ways that touched the lives of everyone that knew her.

“She was always up, always excited, always talking, always interested and always fun to be around,” Mezey said. “So it’s very difficult for those of us who know her so well to think of her as gone.”

Bennett recalled fond memories spent with his wife, Glen, and May on the deck of her Andersonville condominium, in which she dedicated her patio to planting and entertaining guests.

“I can think of so many evenings that Glen and I spent with Cathy up there,” Bennett said. “And, you know, it’s the sort of thing in which you never imagined that it’s going to come to an end.”

Bennett said he still hasn’t processed her passing.

“What I have told a number of people is that when you lose someone like that, at least in my case, the first reaction you have is disbelief,” Bennett said. “You know, how could this person, not be with you any longer. And, you know, that’s where I am with this right now. It’s just utter disbelief that she could be taken and taken so quickly.”

All look back on May as someone who put others first, be that her students, colleagues or friends.

“She was a pure Vincentian, not that she would say that,” Gallagher said. “She left her mark on all of us who had the pleasure of knowing her. I miss her.”

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Cathy May is remembered as a passionate and driven individual that touched the lives of everyone who knew her.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY GALLAGHER

From left to right: Sue Ellbogen, Mary Gallagher and Cathy May on a trip to Achill in 2014.

Donald Bell of Heartland Alliance joins SGA event

By Theodora Koulouvaris Staff Writer

DePaul’s Student Government Association held the fifth session of its Civic Engagement and Social Action Series via Facebook Live on Tuesday.

SGA President Alyssa Isberto and Advisor Courtney James interviewed Donald Bell from the Heartland Alliance, a non-profit, anti-poverty organization that provides a variety of services.

Bell, 71, has spent the majority of his career working in higher education administration, specifically in student affairs.

“I love student affairs because I’ve found over the years that this is where so much of the significant part of a student’s education takes place,” Bell said.

Bell expressed the importance of civic engagement and that students should make time for it.

“The things that happen in the co-curricular environment are really important and I’m particularly excited about the fact that this is a discussion around civic engagement, because it’s very important that students spend this time examining and developing their own values around civic involvement and make some commitment for it for their lifetimes,” Bell said.

Bell attended graduate school in the late 1960s and early ‘70s during what he described as a “very tumultuous time in American history.” As a young person, Bell explained how he and others in his generation questioned the social norms of the time regarding issues about race, gender and sexual orientation as well as the values they were taught by previous generations.

“Our most significant cultural influence for my generation was pretty much based on a Walt Disney-esque type culture that encouraged us to believe tremendous

amounts of myths about our country, and we began to question those things in the sixties when we were in college when all of these great movements were going on,” Bell said.

Bell said these movements were very important to him and expressed the privilege he felt as an African American in being able to attend a “majority” university.

“As an African American, I was one of a few people who were privileged to go not just away to a resident university, but to go to majority universities,” Bell said.

“I went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the time, there were fewer than 150 African Americans on a campus of nearly 60,000 students … yet African Americans composed only one half of one percent of the student body.”

When discussing his time at UIUC, Bell explained the obstacles and discrimination he faced as an African American student.

“Even though my campus was considered the Greek capital of the world … there were no Black fraternities with houses, and I was not permitted to join any of the 57 houses that happened to be all-white,” Bell said. “In addition to that, I entered a class of 400 to study architecture, and there was me and two women and the three of us were excluded out of our classes and we were told that there was no place for us in the curriculum and no place for us in the profession.”Bell recognized the challenges college students are facing in the age of Covid-19 and the impact it has had on traditional events and activities important for their progress.

“These are tough times to be a college student,” Bell said. “This is a tough time to be young because those demarcations that we would normally have [in] your life … you can’t have during the time of Covid.

You’re not on campus full time in-person.

There are no athletics, there are no traditional events up to and including commencements and convocations, so you don’t have those demarcations of your advancement.”

Despite students missing out on those demarcations, Bell encouraged students to stay connected with one another.

“There are some things that you do have that are very important, and that is you have an affiliation and an interaction with one another and even if you can’t do it in-person, you can do it through social media, you can do it like we did old school with the telephone … and this is such a significant part of your education,” Bell said.

Bell added the significance of this time period for young people as they will have an impact in shaping the future of the United States.

“From the old youth generation, I say to you the new and contemporary youth generation: use this time,” Bell said. “This is such an important time that you live in and you are so important because you will determine whether we succeed as people, whether we succeed on this planet and whether this 244-year-old experiment called democracy is going to live and it all rests with you.”

When asked how to ensure one’s voice is heard and how to work with others with opposing viewpoints, Bell said he is able to listen to the opinions of others “without being emotionally involved in what people are saying.”

“My views are hard-earned, but they are not hardwired, and I am constantly open to education,” Bell said. “I think that my presence here today, even though I’m doing a large share of the talking, is to take away the feedback that I get from this group and everyone who can see me on this screen … but everyone ... has something to teach me

or something I’m open to and your existence enhances my existence.”

Bell added that he has learned to “own” his identity as he has aged.

“As a product of growing older, I certainly own my identity a lot more because I’ve had to fight for it and believe me, there have been life and death issues around my being black, around my being gay [and] around my not being a man of privilege in terms of money,” Bell said.

When asked what advice he would give to students interested in civic engagement, particularly in Chicago, Bell said students should educate themselves about the history and the culture of the communities they would be involved in.

“If you’re going to get involved in Chicago or any place else, learn the history and the culture and the legacy of that place,” Bell said. “A place means more than geographic location. It also means history and culture so whatever you’re going to get involved in, learn those things and become a part of that community.”

Bell added that when individuals encounter others with different values than their own, it is “an opportunity for exchange and for learning” and helps an individual “clarify” and express their own values. Bell said that these disagreements in values should be expressed in a “civil” manner and should not lead to conflict.

“It behooves us all to find a way to civilly … interact with each other because the goal is not conflict,” Bell said. “The goal is to enhance commonality. That does not demand that we all look alike or feel alike but that we can all share the same space both physically and [a] social space together.”

SGA’s Civic Engagement and Social Action Series takes place Tuesday nights at 5:30 p.m. with a new panelist each week until the 2020 presidential election.

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Concerns raised with new university email system

By Lacey Latch and Petya Georgieva Editor-in-Chief & Contributing Writer

Halfway through the fall quarter, there are still DePaul community members struggling to adapt to the changes made to the university email system — with some unable to receive important communications.

At the start of the fall quarter, all DePaul communications went from the University email system-mail.depaul.edu to the new Blue M@il email-address username@ depaul.edu. One of the reasons for the change is that not everyone used the University email system, according to Information Services Vice President Robert McCormick.

Thus, the university had to make the switch because the external email providers, like Yahoo and Gmail, often failed to deliver university correspondence.

“With almost 70 percent of students using Gmail, one change to Gmail’s filters could create a situation where the majority of students wouldn’t receive email communications from their classes,” McCormick said. “Since DePaul cannot control why and when an important class information from D2L is mistaken for spam, without warning to teachers or students.”

DePaul senior and SGA senator Erica Debelek tried forwarding the BlueM@il to both her Yahoo and former DePaul email account and neither worked.

“I’m taking five classes this quarter and it’s already hard to keep up with that, but now I’m finding out that I’m not meeting for class when class has already started,” she said.

Most of her classes are synchronous, meaning they are supposed to meet in-person, but for most of the quarter so far, she said professors have opted to cancel in-person meetings and meet on Zoom or post a lecture video on D2L. Almost always the switch is announced via email,

most often through the D2L classlist that has also been changed to only include BlueM@il accounts.

“When you’re not receiving emails from your professor, or if they’re not posting on D2L until week two, you’re left kind of just shaking your head because you want to know what’s going on with classes before it’s too late.”

Debelek also hasn’t been able to access BlueM@il through her phone’s Outlook app.

“If they want this system to work, how do they expect it to be successful without that option,” she said. “Not everyone has access to a computer.”

“It puts everyone in a weird situation, especially freshmen who don’t know how to use D2L already.”

For senior Joey O’Gorman, the change is “unnecessary.”

“The emails they sent were saying that they wanted more reliable communication or something, but the entire thing didn’t seem like they had a reason for why they did what they did, and no one really fully knew what was going on,” O’Gorman said. “It just was messier than it probably should have been.”

McCormick said it is possible students may have missed communications thus far as with any “large technological change.”

Other universities including Loyola, UI, Northwestern, University of Chicago, Marquette and Butler also send university business to the official campus address, according to McCormick.

“The reason this new system is better for students is that we can better ensure messages will be more reliably delivered,” McCormick said. “And D2L is responsible for sending over two million messages per year.”

Additionally, the BlueM@il system is a part of a yearslong agreement between DePaul and Microsoft.

“The change did not add any extra fees to the students

or costs to the university budget,” McCormick said.

But the first message about the change came on Aug. 20 when a large part of the university was on summer break.

Since then the DePaul Information Services has tried to promote the change via emails, social media posts and weekly announcements to the whole DePaul community, including seeking help from faculty to spread the message.

However, there is still a lot of confusion — even for faculty. First-time faculty member Sade Carpenter first heard about the Blue M@il in August during training. She said she wasn’t even specifically clear on if the service is changing to Blue M@il.

“On the faculty orientation, there was an emphasis on making sure the students check their DePaul email,” Carpenter said. “And they said that with the students having to only take classes online, only having that online option, they have to have their DePaul email set up.”

What’s more, there are still students and faculty that keep using their personal emails when exchanging information about classes due to the confusion after the start of Blue M@il service just along with the beginning of the fall term.

“I also had some people emailing me directly to my Gmail account,” Carpenter said. “I wasn’t sure if that was showing up, but it seems to be just a confusion overall. It is frustrating for faculty and students because we are not meeting in person, so we have to be able to communicate with each other.”

O’Gorman said he hasn’t received many emails since the quarter started.

“I honestly haven’t really gotten much on my BlueM@il so it felt like I did a lot of work setting it up and figuring out how it worked for sort of nothing,” O’Gorman said.

DEPOW makes best of virtual student teaching

By Tony Previti Contributing Writer

DePaul’s College of Education typically requires its students to gain in-person teaching experience in classrooms. But with most schools holding class virtually due to Covid-19, that option went away.

In response, the COE created the DePaul Open Windows (DePOW) program, which pairs education students with the children of DePaul faculty for a one-on-one online teaching experience with a variety of ages.

“The children’s grades range from third to seventh, so we have a wide variety of personal interests and academic levels to serve,” said Brenda Kraber, an education professor.

“They’re learning how to teach online and how to adapt to different ways of teaching, and going about how to catch the kid’s interest.”

Elizabeth Tsoumas, another professor in the COE, said that DePOW sessions are tailored to children’s individual needs.

“The parents, when we first started this, filled out an application, and part of the application was letting us know some interests, strengths and weaknesses that the students had,” Tsoumas said. “I asked my

students when they first met with the child to also talk with them about their school experience, their likes, dislikes, struggles, challenges and things they excel in.”

While online learning is considered a setback for students and teachers by some, DePOW aims to give COE students the chance to practice essential teaching skills that they might not experience in a regular student teaching environment.

“While it’s not the first time that they have worked with children, it is the first time that they are speaking with a parent to learn about a child, because they all needed to reach out and communicate with the parent or email with them before meeting with the child,” Tsoumas said. “That is good practice because as teachers, they are going to have to learn how to communicate professionally with parents and to get parent input regarding any support for the child’s education.”

Christopher Worthman is a professor of secondary English education in the COE and the parent of a child involved with DePOW. “After two meetings… [my daughter] thinks the science enrichment program is great,” Worthman said. “The first two

weeks they learned about the phases of the moon… during the second week, they created phases of the moon using Oreos and talked about the relationship of the moon, sun and Earth in all of this.”

In a fully remote learning environment, students and professors had to consider something past student-teachers never did: Zoom exhaustion.

“A lot of these children that they are working with are on their laptops or devices all day,” Tsoumas said. “We did not want to add a whole lot more screen time. This whole experience is really students in my

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course working with a child 30 to 60 minutes once or twice a week. We do not wanna just add homework, we wanna give them an opportunity to explore and expand what they’re learning, not just add on to it.”

Professors said they’ve been inspired by their students’ creativity.

“I’ve been so impressed with how thorough they’ve been and how creative they’ve been,” Kraber said. “It’s going to serve them well, not only that they have writing lesson plans but also integrating a child’s interests with standards, integrating the interests with social studies, reading or science.”

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Professor writes paper on building anti-racism in STEM

By Nadia Hernandez Asst. News Editor

DePaul Professor Bala Chaudhary published 10 simple rules for building an antiracist lab that encourages labs to confront racism.

The paper was published on PLOS Computational Biology. The website fosters communication between scientific scholars through publishing.

Chaudhary and co-author Asmeret Berhe were motivated to address racism in the STEM field after this summer’s protests for Black Lives Matter.

“It was exciting to be able to synthesize the existing work that’s out there. For decades, scholars have been studying inequity in STEM. We don’t do that in our paper, but we try to synthesize that body of work in a way that’s digestible for scientists,” Chaudhary said.

“My biggest inspiration [for the paper] is the need to do something to make positive contributions towards diversifying the academy and ensure that we develop and maintain positive workplace climates in the academy for everyone,” Berhe said.

The authors’ rules range from leading conversations surrounding racism and reviewing harmful policies towards BIPOC members. The paper also tackles the issue of gatekeeping in the STEM community.

“We need to diversify student bodies and get engaged with K through 12 students. We know from the research that there’s no gap in interest for students of color, there’s no gap in performance,” Chaudhary said. “So really it’s just how do we create environments that are not toxic to stop pushing students out.”

Gatekeeping the STEM community will also discourage students of color in pursuing education.

“This hostile workplace climate is also shown to be responsible for the reason why students of color drop out at a much higher

rate, and even choose not to pursue higher levels of education or enter/remain in the academy as professors,” Berhe said.

“Gatekeeping can manifest as racism.

When mentors unintentionally recommend really prestigious opportunities to their white students, but don’t encourage their students of color to apply for some of the same prestigious opportunities, some of this happens entirely unconsciously that who we think of as brilliant, who we think of as the rising star in our labs can sometimes show racial bias,” Chadhaury added.

David Villegas, a DePaul a senior majoring in biology, expresses how microaggressions plague students of color in science classes.

“I believe the most evident way students of color get affected in the lab space is when choosing lab partners,” Villegas said.

“In a lab class that is already predominantly white, most of the time students of color are left having to choose another student of color as a partner. This happens pretty often and is an example of microaggression.

Another way students of color get affected is by reading journals and literature written by white men only. There needs to be more diversity when it comes to this.”

Students can feel isolated through tone policing, microaggressions and tokenism.

Faculty and staff aren’t prepared yet to delve into these topics and how they affect their students.

“Students feel that they have to be the voice of racism in courses, their professors are wholly incapable and unqualified to lead discussions about racism and science.

That’s a deficiency faculty are working on addressing,” Chadhaury said. “It doesn’t take a lot for a student to feel unwelcome or isolated in the field.”

Villegas explains how keeping the conversation centering racism will show interest to their BIPOC students.

“This includes having conversations in lab spaces or any other scientific events,” Villegas said. “Scientific labs play an im-

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portant role in confronting and addressing racism. By having these conversations, the scientific field shows that they actually care and are not ignorant to what is occurring in our country.”

The authors point out in their paper, “don’t expect gratitude” in rule 10. The rule, “Hold the powerful accountable and don’t expect gratitude” emphasizes a healthy, safe workplace for all members.

“I would say a scientist, we should recognize that it really you know it literally is our job to to educate and train future scientists, and it’s our job to do that in an equitable fashion, particularly with public funds. It’s our responsibility to serve the public, and that means all of the public,” Chaudhary said. “In science, you know we

have a responsibility to uphold the values of science integrity.

“We talk about scientific misconduct.

We have to ensure that we don’t practice science in any shades of misconduct.

Treating people poorly harassing people or upholding racism that threatens the scientific endeavor as well,” she added.

Berhe zeroes in on that antiracist work takes all participants.

“We wanted to highlight that this is critical work that we all need to take part in, and we should do this work solely because it is the right thing to do. We all have an obligation to ensure that academic workspaces are free of bias and harassment, and are safe for and welcoming to everyone,” she said.

‘Cuties’ screening and discussion canceled following backlash

By Johanna Stephens Contributing Writer

DePaul’s College of Communication decided to cancel the showing of the Netflix film “Cuties,” “due to some negative reactions from DePaul students who felt that the film promoted sexualization of girls,” said Carolyn Bronstein, a Professor of Communications.

The film has received backlash from DePaul students, Netflix subscribers, parents and more.

After a Texas Grand Jury indicted Netflix, the streaming platform faces criminal charges for lewd visual material depicting a child.

“I thought maybe people are being dramatic, but then I watched it and then I was like I kind of understand the criticism,” said Ryan Shaw, a senior and film major at DePaul.

“In my opinion, the film is a critique of sexualization of girls in popular culture,” Bronstein said.

Netflix acknowledges the film as a critique on the sexualization of young girls as well as defenders of the film.

“The handling of young women and young girls’ sexuality is a hard thing to portray in the media in a way that’s not going to come across as sexualizing them and weird,” said Mila Edwards, a senior and

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film major at DePaul.

“Cuties” director Maïmouna Doucouré, intents of the film are depicted by the viewer as she receives death threats from some.

With the backlash from students, Bronstein decided Zoom was not the appropriate forum to hold discussion.

“I decided that our current remote circumstances make it too difficult to address student concerns in a personal and thoughtful way,” Bronstein said. She was concerned that Zoom “might not allow for the kind of nuanced, engaged conversation that is needed.”

The conversation is being had elsewhere. “[The director] sexualized kids herself.

I don’t think she meant to do it,” Shaw said. “[Cuties] could do without all the closeups of the girls dancing and shaking their butts,” he said.

A lot of people are actively against the film as #CancelNetflix is a trending tag on Twitter. There are petitions on Change. org to cancel the film on Netflix. 419,108 have signed one called “Cancel CUTIES on Netflix” and there are many others close to reaching their goal.

The company Antenna reported that the drop in subscribers grew by five times in one day than the previous 30 days in a tweet on Thursday, while Vanity reports subscriptions dropped by eight times at one point.

“Netflix has a lot of stuff that is contro-

versial. I’m not sure why that was the one that made people cancel their subscriptions,” Edwards said.

An indictment filed in Tyler County, Texas reads that the film “depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a clothed or partially clothed child who was younger than 18 years of age,” according to The Wrap.

Netflix has not suggested that they plan to remove the movie from its platform.

They did however, change the cover image for the movie on the Netflix website. They said they were “deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork,” according to The Hill.

A lot of backlash was based on the suggested images and not the film.

The movie itself includes scenes of the girls dancing sexually.

“We live in a culture that sexualizes women’s bodies especially women of color at an early age” Edwards said.

The film evidently made some viewers uncomfortable. Butthere is some truth to the film, according to Sofia Leal, a sophomore communications major at DePaul.

“Kids want to do whatever the popular kids are doing. I think they can do without the dancing they do,” Leal said.

Bronstein hopes to reschedule the screening when DePaul is back on campus.

“I definitely don’t think people will like the film,” Shaw said.

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Students, faculty struggle to find rhythm with remote learning schedules GRAPHIC COURTESY OF ALICIA GOLUSZKA

By Jenicel Carmona Contributing Writer

Schools and universities conducting classes online have fostered a new dynamic in the households of students and faculty.

Based on living arrangements, the kitchen table, the home office, or the bedroom have acted as classrooms out of necessity.

The challenge for many DePaul students and professors has been finding a space to attend or teach an online class without interference from the people in their lives who also need to do remote work. Freshman Grace Kumar’s home in New York has acted as her lecture hall and the small desk in her mother’s office as her classroom.

“Early on during the pandemic, there were issues with sharing space because my mom, who is a PA, had to do televisits while I had classes so we had to find separate places to work,” Kumar said. “But now, she goes to work and comes home when all my classes are done so our schedules don’t conflict at all.”

Being the only student attending online classes in her household of three has

not created as many challenges for Kumar compared to other students who have more people living and working at home. “I get that other students who have siblings might have difficulty finding spaces to do their classes without distractions on top of trying to focus on their online work,” she acknowledged.

Professors have also had to decide which space in their homes worked the best for their classes while keeping the schedules of the other people in their lives in mind. Scott Hibbard, Chair of the Department of Political Science at DePaul, has found his basement office to be the most effective space to teach Zoom classes.

“I feel very fortunate that I have a large enough home that my wife and I can each have our own office spaces without our conversations leeching into rooms or intruding on each other,” he said. “But the situation can be very different for students, people with kids, or multiple people living in a shared space.”

The idea of sharing a space for online classes is actually twofold: we share our homes with other people in our lives that

also have classes or work but also with a new audience to whom we are broadcasted.

Hibbard said that he was “much more conscious of the image that shows up on Zoom and how the office might look.” His basement and current classroom, which also houses some exercise equipment, had to be rearranged for his online classes. “You could see a stationary bike in the background during my classes and meetings and now one of my colleagues always asks me ‘How is the exercise routine going?’”

Eugene Beiriger, a professor of History in the Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, had similar thoughts on having to open up his book-filled home study for classes.

“My enclosed space has now become a public space,” Beiriger said. “Our private spaces, in some ways, can be a reflection of us. A room could come off one way, or it could come off another way.”

Back in New York, Kumar prefers using her mother’s office for classes because “being in your bedroom is very intimate, it’s like you’re inviting strangers in.” Her office space has a “neutral and blank wall so there

are no distractions.”

“It seems really nosy,” Kumar said.

“People on Zoom can see what your room or decorations look like so you have to stage your room a little bit.”

“It’s an invasion of privacy,” Beiriger said. “I have very close friends who have never been in here. My office is at work.

This is my study. But we have to be comfortable with inviting students in.”

Hibbard has always preferred working at his home office; however, its dual purpose as a classroom completely changes the dynamic.

“One of the things we miss about the classroom is that different type of interaction with students in class or walking around the campus,” he said. “It’s much more different than walking into a classroom like, ‘Showtime! Let’s Go!’” Until those traditional, in-person interactions return to DePaul, students and faculty alike will have to continue being comfortable with compartmentalizing their spaces, setting aside their privacy, and get accustomed to this unique online dynamic.

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‘[The virus] is not going anywhere’ Faculty Council discusses Covid-19, fall grading policy

By Holly Jenvey Staff Writer

In the second meeting of the academic year, DePaul’s Faculty Council discussed a series of matters including the university’s Covid-19 case status, more resolutions on the grading policy, student voting opportunities, Interim Provost Salma Ghanem’s response to pressing questions and more.

Health Science professor Craig Klugman, who has been overseeing DePaul’s reopening, gave a presentation on DePaul’s current status with Covid-19, what it would look like for winter and how the university has been handling the pandemic compared to other universities. “[The virus] is not going anywhere.”

Klugman said.

He mentioned that Chicago currently has 21 states under its travel ban and more are expected to come. Klugman then presented statistics on the city’s case rate from Chicago’s Department of Public Health. The total number of cases in Chicago sits at 82,212 with 2,979 deaths with a current positivity rate of 4.3 percent. The most prominent age group of contracting Covid-19 is between 20 and 29 years old.

As stated in an announcement earlier this week, Klugman said that winter quarter will be operating the same as fall quarter with a few more classes held on campus, but more cases are going to arise. However, Klugman also said around 10 percent of the population on campus has already been exposed to the virus. Klugman said that everyone would have to report a positive case if they knew about it, even if it was reported before.

Another motion, sponsored by Kristina Fluty, who originally issued the Pass/D/Fail motion for this quarter, suggested that students should be able to discuss with their professors if they feel they didn’t get the grade they deserved within the exceptions imposed from spring quarter.

The end of spring quarter coincided with heightened social tension and unrest over police brutality. Acknowledging that this was a potentially intense and upsetting time for students, DePaul said that students were eligible for receiving full credit by completing 70 percent of their coursework.

If students felt professors didn’t follow these guidelines with their grade, they had a chance to challenge their grades.

Faculty Council President Scott Paeth made a friendly amendment to the motion, saying it should be discussed within a certain timeframe. The council came to the decision to set inin place for the end of the 2021 academic year, and the motion was passed with one abstention.

There was discussion on the Student Voting Initiative, led by Marie Donovan and Nina Diamond. It was put in place because over the past three general elections, there has been low student turnout because they weren’t registered to vote. Now with a group of students, faculty and staff, this can change.

“Students tend not to do anything unless they get the step-by-step assistance,” Diamond said.

Diamond said that the highest student turnout in general elections is 40 percent and is less during midterms. However, if students are shown the process of registering to vote, they are most likely to do so. When registered, there is a 70 percent student turnout. However, now with the Covid-19 pandemic, there is now more of a

burden as students carry more responsibilities and stressors on their shoulders.

Through the Student Voting Initiative, students can email depaulvotes@depaul. edu to receive a form and speak with students that are voting experts who cover different states. They will walk them through the process of registering to vote and answer other questions around this topic.

“It is a solution to the lack of real-time communication,” said Suzanne Fogel, a professor in DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business.

Prior to this discussion, there was a motion to see making a day of acknowledgement for voting could be a holiday in the future. The motion passed with one abstention.

At the end of the Faculty Council meeting, Ghanem answered questions. Many asked about DePaul’s surplus in enrollment this quarter and how this came to be.

Even though DePaul is seeing more enrollment, students are still struggling with their online course load. According to a communications survey that she and Caryn Shaden put out, 50 percent of students reported that they were doing “bad” with their workload in the spring quarter.

While this has dropped to 30 percent this fall quarter, students are still enduring the same struggles. As for the winter quarter, professors are still looking into the best modalities, though Ghanem said they should ask their students what works best since it differs.

The council also went over highlights for the research opportunities over the past year and how it compares to other years.

According to Daniela Stan Raicu, the associate provost for research, some of the highlights for the fiscal year of 2020 was that there have been 125 new awards and $8.4 million in new funds (with an additional $3.3 million in continuation funds).

This year also brought 369 submissions, predominantly in research, with some additional in community service, conferences or others with $75.4 million in funds requested. This is the lowest since the fiscal year of 2015, where there was $64.1 million in funds requested.

Valerie Johnson, a professor in DePaul’s Grace School of Applied Diplomacy and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, said parts of the faculty council handbook state that provosts and deans have the responsibility to report on the composition of their faculty.

“It’s one thing to report data,” Johnson said, but another to use it for a specific purpose.

The data would also compare with peer institutions. The motion passed for permanent inclusion in the faculty handbook.

The council also discussed the guidelines and processes of faculty council resolutions. Some of the concerns that arose is conquering the fear of speaking to the university on issues they might reject.

“We shouldn’t self-censor,” said sociology professor Jose Soltero.

“I don’t view these resolutions as successful if they pass on the first round,” said philosophy professor Peg Birmingham.

Towards the end of the meeting, Rev. Guillermo (Memo) Campuzano, the vice president of ministry and mission, discussed the revision to DePaul’s mission.

He said that he was open to hearing other’s ideas.

“I don’t think they’re evident on a day to day basis,” Johnson said of the Universi-

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ty’s Vincentian values.

English professor Lucy Reinhart explained the status of the Program Portfolio Review. So far, it has completed the review of 226 program surveys submitted by 170 program directors, department chairs, and school directors early this summer. They are currently finalizing and rolling in data from the academic year of 2019-2020.

Motions were also passed by Bree McEwan, a professor in the College of Communication, to give name changes to pro-

grams. In the College of Education, the SCFE MA was favored to change to Education, Culture and Society. In the same college, the SCFE Med name was also favored to change to Education, Culture and Society with a credit hour change. In the Driehaus College of Business, a new concentration was favored to be put in as the MBA in Healthcare Markets and Analytics.

Lastly, the college of computing and digital media is now passed to offer a new degree with a MS in Artificial Intelligence.

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Politics

Fair tax FAQ

JOHN O’CONNER | AP

In this March 7, 2019, file photo, Gov. J.B. Pritzker outlines his plan to replace Illinois’ flat-rate income tax with a graduated structure at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Both sides in the debate over changing Illinois’ income tax system from a flat-rate to a graduated structure, which voters face on this fall’s election ballot, have straightforward arguments.

Big money funds debate on Illinois graduated income tax vote

By John O’Conner Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Both sides in the debate over a ballot measure to change Illinois’ income tax system from a flat-rate to a graduated structure have straightforward arguments Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other proponents call it the “fair tax” because it demands more from those with higher incomes. Those making less than $250,000 a year would pay no more than the current 4.95% flat rate.

Opponents point to the state’s history of political corruption, saying the proposal on the November ballot would loosen constitutional restraints on lawmakers’ spending.

THE PROPOSAL The ballot question would amend the Illinois Constitution to discard the current income tax system, in which every individual pays the same flat rate, 4.95%, and corporations pay 7%. It would set up brackets, like the federal government and 32 other states. The tax rate would increase with income.

BIG STAKES, BIG MONEY Campaign group Vote Yes for Fairness has $56.5 million to spend on its campaign, all from billionaire Pritzker. A group backed by labor and other advocacy groups has raised $1.9 million.

The Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment is not far behind, with $48.6 million in the bank — 97% of it coming from Chicago hedge fund manager Ken Griffin.

THE GENESIS The state Supreme Court invalidated a graduated tax approved in the 1930s.

A flat tax of 2.5% on individuals and 4% on corporations in 1969 came months before a convention began writing a new state constitution. Delegates considered a graduated tax but ultimately were wary of asking voters to endorse a constitution with a new tax setup. Subsequent plans failed before Pritzker, who campaigned on the issue in 2018, got approval to put the question on the ballot.

THE RATES Voters don’t get to choose the rates.

The General Assembly approved them and they would take effect Jan. 1.

Marginal rates for single filers are: —4.75% on the first $10,000 in income; —4.9% on income from $10,001 to $100,000; —4.95% on income from $100,001 to $250,000; —7.75% on $250,001 to $350,000; —7.85% on $350,001 to $750,000; —7.99% on all income over $750,000; Joint filers pay the top rate after hitting the $1 million mark.

The tax on corporations would increase to 7.99% FLAT-TAX UNFAIRNESS Proponents say that a flat tax falls heavier on lower incomes than it does on the wealthy. Vote Yes For Fairness cites statistics showing that most taxpayers — those earning $22,000 to $110,000 — pay 12% to 13% of their income in taxes, while the wealthiest, earning more than

$537,000, pay 7.4%. With the approved rate structure, the 97% of taxpayers who earn less than $250,000 would pay no more than the current 4.95% rate.

Opponents point out that the rates wouldn’t be enshrined in the constitution, allowing lawmakers to increase taxes at any time. They can do that now, and just did, by 33%, in 2017. But critics say the new structure would make it easier for lawmakers to tinker with different brackets. Raising one rate on all taxpayers is more difficult than hitting just one bracket, they say.

REVENUE The change would generate an extra $3.4 billion in revenue, Pritzker says. He’s promised to use it to fix Illinois’ finances.

Past-due bills total $7.7 billion and there’s a $140 million shortfall in what’s necessary to cover promised pensions to state employees. The budget that took effect in July left a $5 billion gap, with lawmakers still hoping for a second federal-relief package to fill it.

Opponents describe the tax plan as a “blank check.” They say there’s nothing in the amendment that requires fiscal restraint. They contend Democrats overspent and skipped pension payments in the past two decades and contributed to a two-year budget stalemate that put Illinois so deep in the hole.

‘FAIR TAX’ FLIGHT A study commissioned by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce found the new structure would reduce annual household income by $1.8 billion and reduce consumer spending by nearly 1% be-

cause high earners would leave the state.

The study says the hardest-hit industries, such as hospitals and hotels, would mean job losses for the women and minorities who account for large portions of their rosters.

But Illinois’ top marginal rate of 7.99% would put it 10th among states with graduated tax structures, lower than Minnesota and Iowa and slightly higher than Wisconsin. Proponents say other states that heavily tax the rich haven’t seen major out-migration.

RETIREMENT INCOME Opponents recently have suggested the proposal could open the door to lawmakers taxing some retirement income.

The anti-amendment Illinois Policy Institute filed a lawsuit Monday saying language in a state-issued explanatory flyer isn’t clear about the potential impact on retirement income. The lawsuit references a remark in June by Democratic state Treasurer Michael Frerichs, who said approving the amendment would make it easier to tax six-figure retirement income, according to the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald.

Frerichs denounced “misleading statements” in the “politically motivated lawsuit,” and said he opposes a retirement tax.

THE VOTES Approving an amendment to the Illinois Constitution requires three-fifths majority approval, or 60%, of all who vote on the question. If everyone taking a ballot voted on it, it would require a simple majority.

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Voters come out in force for Chicago’s 1st day of voting

By Teresa Crawford Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A line snaked down the street and around the block in downtown Chicago on Thursday as voters braved a chilly, rainy day and set aside coronavirus fears to cast their ballots weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

Concerns have been raised about how the U.S. Postal Service will handle the massive number of mail-in ballots that are expected to be cast this year. President Don-

ald Trump has claimed without evidence that mail voting is ripe for fraud, and many of those who voted Thursday — the first day of early voting in the city — said they just wanted to avoid any problems.

“I had ordered a mail-in ballot, but the last week or two has gotten me terrified about what’s going to happen to mail-in ballots,” said 59-year-old Julie Jacobson.

She said she blames Trump for the “chaos and confusion.”

“So, no monkey business,” Jacobson said. “I wanted to make sure my ballot was

counted.”

Huge swaths of the electorate have chosen to vote by mail, in large part out of concern that going to vote in person could put them at risk of contracting the coronavirus that has killed more than 200,000 Americans.

In Illinois, a record 1.82 million mailin ballot applications were mailed out last week — nearly four times as many as were sent out two years ago.

Morgan Dacosta, a 27-year-old college student, clearly understands the risk but is

willing to take it.

“As a younger person, I am really ready and willing to stand out here and brave the cold and the COVID and to make sure that my vote is counted,” she said.

Inside the “Super Site” polling place in the downtown Loop, concerns about the coronavirus were front-and-center. Social distancing was enforced and voters were required to wear masks.

The voting site will be open every day through Election Day.

Harris, Pence head off in sole VP debate 2nd presidential

debate cancelled, 3rd still on

By Troy Bissonnette Contributing Writer

Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris squared off Wednesday night in the only vice-presidential debate, moderated by USA Today’s Susan Page in Salt Lake City.

The candidates were separated by plexiglass barriers and remained seated throughout the debate, in light of President Donald Trump and several White House personnel testing positive for Covid-19 earlier in the week.

The first topic of the evening was the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which, according to Harris, is “the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country.”

Pence contended that the Trump administration has put the health of Americans first before accusing presidential candidate Joe Biden’s coronavirus plan of plagiarizing the Trump administration’s.

Highlighting the more than 210,000 Americans who’ve died as a result of the pandemic, Harris denounced the current administration for not doing enough to protect the public.

The debate then shifted focus to the economy. Page questioned Harris about her campaign’s proposal, which plans to raise $4 trillion in taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations.

“Joe Biden believes you measure the health and strength of the economy based on the health and strength of the American worker and the American family,” Harris said.

Pence insisted on his administration’s economic success, asserting that he and Trump have cut taxes, rolled back regulations, and fought for free and fair trade.

When asked what her campaign’s stance on the Green New Deal is, Harris evaded the question.

Harris instead referred to climate change as “an existential threat to us as human beings.”

Pence pivoted the conversation away

By Associated Press Staff Associated Press

MORRY GASH, POOL | AP

Vice President Mike Pence looks at Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as she answers a question during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. from climate change, praising his administration’s environmental work.

“We’ve made great progress reducing CO2 emissions through American innovation and the development of natural gas and fracking,” Pence said.

Page then asked the candidates how they’d describe the fundamental relationship between the U.S. and China. Pence blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic and said the U.S. wants to improve its relations with China.

“We want to improve the relationship, but we’re going to level the playing field and we’re going to hold China accountable for what they did to America with the coronavirus,” Pence said.

Harris slammed the trade war that President Trump has incited with China.

“It resulted in the loss of over 300,000 manufacturing jobs, a manufacturing recession, and the American consumer paying thousands of dollars more for goods because of that failed war,” Harris said.

*AS OF OCT. 12

Regarding racial injustice and calls for police reform, Harris promised that she and Biden would ban the use of chokeholds and carotid holds.

“George Floyd would be alive today if we did that,” Harris continued.

When asked whether or not justice was served by the verdict reached in the Breonna Taylor case, Pence expressed sympathy for the Taylor family but affirmed that he trusts our justice system.

“There’s no excuse for what happened to George Floyd,” Pence added. “But there’s also no excuse for the rioting and looting that followed.”

When given the opportunity, Pence refused to unequivocally promise that he and President Trump would vacate office in the event that they lose the election.

“I believe in all my heart that President Donald Trump’s going to be elected for four more years,” Pence said.

The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden is officially off.

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates confirmed Friday that the Oct. 15 faceoff would be scrapped. The decision was made a day after the commission announced the debate would take place “virtually” because Trump had contracted the coronavirus.

Trump balked at holding the debate in that format, and Biden scheduled a town hall with ABC News for that night once Trump said he would not participate.

Trump’s team later countered with a call to hold the debates as scheduled once the president’s doctor said he would be cleared to hold public events beginning on Saturday.

But the commission said it would not reverse its decision not to have the candidates on stage together, citing an abundance of caution with health concerns — particularly for the townhall-style debate that was set to feature questions from average voters.

The third debate, scheduled for Oct. 22 in Nashville, Tennessee, is still on.

Belmont University President Bob Fisher said in a statement Monday that the school is “fully committed” to working the Commission on Presidential Debates to hold the Oct. 22 debate in Nashville, and will “follow their lead and guidance.”

The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden was Sept. 29 in Cleveland, Ohio. The next debate is scheduled for Oct. 15.

Trump’s positive Covid-19 diagnosis informed changes to the vice presidential debate where on Oct. 7, Vice President Mike Pence and Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris, sat 12 feet (3.6 meters) apart, rather than the 7 feet (2 meters) originally planned.

Biden has said he’s willing to go forward with an in-person debate later this month “if scientists say it’s safe.”

Belmont did not say whether the debate format would now be altered for the third event, though its website said plans would be modified to ensure the school follows recommended health protocols.

The university was selected to host the third 2020 presidential debate a year ago.

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Nation &World

Roe v.

Barrett ERIN SCOTT | AP

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trumps nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020.

Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade

By Michael Tarm Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court has expressed unease with some landmark rulings, including ones that established a right to abortion, and has suggested in her academic writing that she may be willing to reconsider those decisions.

The question of whether Amy Coney Barrett, a one-time clerk to former conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, would actually try to overturn Roe v. Wade, the high court’s 1973 ruling recognizing a woman’s right to an abortion, and other long-established precedents looms large as she heads into Senate confirmation hearings next week.

A review of Barrett’s writings and speeches as a Notre Dame law professor for the 15 years before she became a federal appeals court judge in 2017 reveal a nuanced thinker cautious about stating her personal views. She has never said publicly she would overturn Roe, or other precedents expanding abortion rights.

But she has clearly left the door open to that possibility.

“Our legal culture does not, and never has, treated the reversal of precedent as outof-bounds,” she said in a 2013 Texas Law Review article. She also describes the high-court tradition of heeding previous rulings, or precedent, as a “soft rule” and not “an inexorable command.”

Barrett, 48, has styled herself as the heir to Scalia, and in writing about Scalia’s judicial philosophy, she reveals her own.

To buttress her legal analyses, she nearly always brought up Scalia, for whom she

clerked in the late 1990s. Moments after Trump named her at the White House to fill the seat vacated by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Barrett paid homage to Scalia, saying, “His judicial philosophy is mine, too.”

At the center of that shared philosophy is a strict form of constitutional interpretation called originalism, which Scalia championed.

In deciding if a current law is unconstitutional, originalists put the focus on the original meanings of words in the Constitution.

Scalia criticized more liberal justices for creating new rights, like abortion, that he said the framers of the Constitution couldn’t have foreseen. He argued, as Barrett and other originalists have, that new rights should be extended by constitutional amendments, not by courts.

Scalia said in a 2012 CNN interview that the high court’s finding in Roe v. Wade that the Constitution includes a right to privacy, and thereby protects a woman’s choice to have an abortion, “does not make any sense.” Neither, he said, do arguments by anti-abortion groups that abortion deprives fetuses due process rights.

“My view is regardless of whether you think prohibiting abortion is good or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad … the Constitution does not say anything about it,” Scalia said.

Scalia, who like Barrett was a Catholic, said the Constitution leaves the question up to the states.

“What Roe v. Wade said was that no state can prohibit it,” he said. “That is simply not in the Constitution.”

But Scalia often struck a pragmatic chord, warning that reversing some precedents could shatter trust in the Supreme Court.

Barrett highlighted his caution about casting

established precedent aside in a 2017 Notre Dame Law Review article. She quoted Scalia as saying: “I am an originalist. I am not a nut.”

“His commitment to originalism,” Barrett wrote in the same piece, “did not put him at continual risk of upending settled law. If reversal (of precedent) would cause harm, a Justice would be foolhardy to go looking for trouble. Scalia did not.”

But might she?

Barrett did agree with Scalia in her 2013 Texas Law Review article that legal chaos could ensue if justices overturn precedents on which courts, lawyers and the public at large have for so long relied.

“People,” she wrote, “must be able to order their affairs, and they cannot do so if a Supreme Court case is a ‘restricted railroad ticket, good for this day and train only.’”

But she has also suggested that Roe v.

Wade and later rulings on abortion may not be in the category of precedents that are untouchable.

Controversy around cases like Roe pointed to the public’s rejection of the idea of “a permanent victor in a divisive constitutional struggle,” she wrote in the Texas Law Review article.

“Court watchers,” she added, “embrace the possibility of overruling, even if they may want it to be the exception rather than the rule.”

The staying power of precedents, she went on, is not necessarily in their support by courts but in the broad, popular acceptance of them.

Among several cases she described in the 2013 article as clearly immune from bids to overturn them was Brown vs. Board of Education, which found racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.

“Scholars,” she said, “do not put Roe on the superprecedent list (the list of untouchable precedents) because the public controversy about Roe has never abated.”

Her critics say such arguments put Barrett outside the mainstream of legal scholarship.

“Barrett takes the extreme view, unsupported by virtually anyone in the legal community, that a judge does not have to adhere to precedent if she believes a case was wrongly decided,” the Alliance for Justice has said, saying it shows she is open to the possibility of reversing Roe v. Wade.

Jamal Greene, a professor at New York’s Columbia Law School, said Barrett could stop short of shooting down Roe v. Wade and other abortion-rights precedents — and still end up gutting them.

“There is room for someone like her who takes Scalia’s position to not vote to overturn precedent — but to never see any abortion restriction that she sees as unconstitutional,” he said.

While Barrett has suggested she is nearly perfectly aligned with Scalia, Greene said she may be farther to Scalia’s right and nearer to current conservative Clarence Thomas.

“Thomas’ position is that if a precedent was wrongly decided, then you vote to overturn it,” Greene said. “Justice Scalia distanced himself from that. … It sounds like Barrett is trying to associate herself with a position just short of Thomas’ position.” ___ Associated Press writers Michelle Smith in Providence, Rhode Island, and Michael Biesecker in Washington contributed to this report.

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Plot puts focus on governors’ safety amid threats, protests

By Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press

A plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor has put a focus on the security of governors who have faced protests and threats over their handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

While the alleged plot against Gretchen Whitmer is the most specific and highest-profile to come to light, it’s far from the first threat against state officials, particularly Democrats who imposed business closures and restrictions on social gatherings.

In New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said this week that news of the arrest of 13 men accused of planning the overthrow of Michigan’s government rattled members of her family.

“I started to get calls from both my daughters who were terrified and who were often included in some of the negative messaging,” Grisham said this week. “Early on in this pandemic. one of the threats that we got was ‘I hope your grandchildren, get COVID.’ ” In August, a man pleaded guilty to making threats against the Democratic governor on social media and was sentenced to 14 months in prison.

During the pandemic, the state Capitol that houses her office has been closed to the public. But its grounds have been the site of protests, including some who carried weapons and are militia members.

Even with the glass doors locked, State Police have at times deployed additional security measures, such as putting up opaque screens inside the doors to hide their exact location from protesters.

Across the country, armed protesters have rallied this year against coronavirus-related shutdowns. In Michigan,

cratic governors by some of the most extreme and violent fringes of the right,” Murphy said in a statement. “Unless and until President Trump openly denounces such right-wing extremism, groups like the Michigan Militia will continue to act as if they hold a permission slip from him to openly engage in such terrorist plots.”

The threat this year against public employees has risen enough that the bipartisan National Governors Association sent its members a memo in August laying out ways to try to discourage and deal with threats. Among them: Encouraging civil discourse with protesters, personally complying with mask and social distancing orders and prosecuting threats.

PAUL SANCYA | AP Over the nation’s history, violence against governors has been rare. The In this April 15, 2020 file photo, protesters carry rifles near the steps of the Michigan State Capitol only time a sitting U.S. state goverbuilding in Lansing, Mich.

At a briefing Friday, Vermont Gov. nor was assassinated was in Kentucky some protesters with guns were allowed inside the statehouse in April after pass- Phil Scott, a Republican, said elected in 1900, when Kentucky Gov. William ing temperature screenings. Some law- officials “but especially at the top, must Goebel was shot in the chest near the realize that words matter” and that rhet- state capitol building just three days afmakers wore bulletproof vests. ter he was sworn into office.

Protests both against virus restric- oric can lead to violence.

In the same area this spring, current “We are reaching a boiling point in tions and racial injustice this year have Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Demotargeted not just the offices but also the this country,” he said. “So it’s up to all of crat, was hanged in effigy from a tree on homes of government executives. Four- us to lower the temperature.” the state Capitol grounds in Frankfort Washington Gov. Jay Inslee singled teen unarmed protesters calling for the earlier this year.

In April, a man was release of prison inmates, for instance, out the president, who has often criticharged after being accused of making were arrested outside the gates of the cized Whitmer, for responsibility.

“It is very unfortunate that she has threats against Beshear and Kentucky residence of California Gov. Gavin Newbeen troubled not just directly by these State Police troopers online. som in July.

This week, a fence began going up The offices of governors and those in threats, but constant barrage of, frankly, around the state’s executive mansion. charge of protecting them have declined incendiary criticism from the president, ___ to say how security has changed because and I think that’s been very unfortuAssociated Press reporters Cedar Atof specific threats they face or the Mich- nate,” Inslee said. tanasio in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Mike New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who igan case.

Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey; Rachel But some governors are linking the also serves as chairman of the DemoLa Corte in Olympia, Washington; Wilthreats to President Donald Trump, who cratic Governors Association, called on son Ring in Montpelier, Vermont; and on Twitter late Thursday condemned Trump to denounce extremist groups.

“This shocking development is the Bruce Schreiner in Louisville, Kentucky, “extreme violence” while also blasting Whitmer, saying she has done a “terri- most disturbing of the increasingly vi- contributed to this article. olent threats being made against Demoble job.”

Breonna Taylor case: Dispute arises over grand jury secrecy

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — A lawyer for a grand juror involved in weighing charges in the case of Breonna Taylor, the Black woman killed in a police raid gone wrong, urged a judge to let the anonymous juror to speak out publicly, accusing Kentucky’s attorney general of throwing the panel “under the bus” in his public comments.

Kevin Glogower, the lawyer for the anonymous grand juror who sued to speak out publicly, told Jefferson County Circuit Judge Annie O’Connell on Thursday that the goal was not to publicize evidence that hasn’t become public or “to be part of a global discussion in race relations.”

“It’s more about the discussions that were held directly with the prosecutors,” Glogower said. “That is not contained in the recording.”

Glogower warned that future grand jurors wouldn’t want to serve if the prosecutor can “throw them under the bus, as happened here.” He did not elaborate.

The dispute over grand jury secrecy arose Wednesday, the same day police files were released showing contacts between Taylor and a man she dated previously who was suspected of drug dealing. The release of those files raised new questions about what led narcotics investigators to raid Taylor’s home in March, resulting in the woman’s death in a burst of police gun-

fire. None of the white officers was directly charged with Taylor’s death by the grand jury last month, triggering renewed street protests.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a motion Wednesday asking the judge to dismiss the request by the grand juror. He said in a statement that grand jury proceedings are kept confidential by legal precedent to protect the safety and anonymity of all involved — grand jurors, witnesses and others.

Cameron had previously said he had no concerns with grand jurors speaking publicly, and he agreed to the release of audiotapes of testimony presented to the grand jury last week. But those recordings did not include any discussion of potential criminal action on the part of the officers who shot Taylor.

Ben Crump, a lawyer for Taylor’s family, issued a statement late Thursday in which he called Cameron’s motion a “slap in the face” and “yet another attempt to conceal the corruption of his office.”

“If he has nothing to hide, and he did everything right as he claims, then he should have no problem letting the grand jurors speak to the public,” Crump said.

“They deserve to have that voice, and Breonna’s family deserves answers.”

Victor Maddox, an attorney who represented the state in court proceedings, warned “nothing would undermine the public interest more than for this Court to

throw out the entire body of law of grand jury secrecy” by allowing the anonymous juror to speak out.

As the 90-minute oral arguments continued, Glogower repeated that his client wishes to remain anonymous and hoped “there could be a way that maybe everybody is a little bit more happy with how it gets handled.” He asked for permission for the juror to release an anonymous written statement that “takes care of some of the concerns the attorney general’s office has.”

The grand juror’s lawsuit accuses Cameron of “using the grand jury to deflect accountability and responsibility for (the indictment) decisions,” and seeks permission to speak out publicly about the case.

Under Kentucky law, grand jurors can be held in contempt of court for discussing a case.

Cameron determined before the grand jury proceedings that the officers had acted in self-defense. He has acknowledged that he did not recommend murder charges to the grand jury.

This is not the first time a grand juror has sued for the right to speak publicly.

In August, a federal court ruled against a grand juror who was seeking to discuss details of the investigation into the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Annie O’Connell vowed to rule on the case “as soon as possible.”

Man on ‘Tiger King’ charged

By Denise Lavoie Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A wild animal trainer featured in the popular “Tiger King” series on Netflix has been indicted in Virginia on animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking charges.

Attorney General Mark Herring said Friday that a months-long investigation found that Bhagavan “Doc” Antle and the owner of a roadside zoo in Virginia trafficked lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina.

Antle, the owner of the Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina, is one of the characters in “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” a 2020 Netflix documentary miniseries that focused on tiger breeders in Florida and Oklahoma.

Antle was indicted Thursday by a Frederick County grand jury on felony counts of wildlife trafficking and conspiracy, plus multiple misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and conspiracy to violate the Endangered Species Act. Two of his daughters also have been indicted on charges of animal cruelty and violating the Endangered Species Act. Antle could not immediately be reached for comment.

Keith Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Wild Animal Park in Winchester, Virginia, was indicted by the same grand jury on charges of wildlife trafficking, conspiracy, animal cruelty and violating the Endangered Species Act.

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Opinions VOTING continued from front

sharing how certain policies are harmful to certain communities, especially the Latino community. I want my grandmother to be aware of injustice so she can work against it.

Talking about politics doesn’t end with my older relatives, but extends to my younger ones too. My grandmother and I can set an example for my younger cousins and siblings about the importance of being civically engaged. They don’t have to wait until they’re 18 to become involved. I want them to grow up and feel empowered by their agency.

We can redirect our focus on how we introduce voting for our relatives. We can frame it as saying, “Let’s be a part of democracy and use our agency to share our voice.”

I believe the upcoming election is going to require everyone to show up.

The next four years relies on us to show up to the polls. There is too much at stake for us to take our agency for granted. Our democracy is depending on us to show up.

I cannot wait to be with my grandmother and use our voice to create a better for the United States.

I want to create a better future for my grandmother, my cousins and my siblings to thrive in. Voting for the first time with my grandmother will mean we will create that future for us together.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NADIA HERNANDEZ

Nadia and her grandmother treasure accomplishments like graduation and voting.

Zoom Zzz’s

Online learning fatigue will meet seasonal depression; professors, be aware

By Jocelyn Soto Contributing Writer

For a lot of us, having to turn our bedrooms into our office or classroom during the Covid-19 pandemic has been among the most emotionally and physically draining moments in our lives. It’s been seven months now and we’re feeling it.

Zoom fatigue is real and it is here, it has been here for several months now, but it hasn’t been until recently that college students are feeling it harder now than before. School in the spring didn’t even feel like it was that hard. We felt it as a temporary fix until we were allowed to return to our campuses in the fall. Sadly, our hopes weren’t fulfilled. It was all fun and games until we were hit with the reality that maybe Zoom University would be in the future of our college experiences.

Slowly, it started to become a long-term lifestyle that affects our mental and physical health, and that could be for multiple different reasons, but the biggest source of these feelings is from our number one most-visited application: Zoom.

I don’t know what it is, but it has caught my attention that since everything moved online, there suddenly isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done. And if we’re being honest here, it’s only going to get worse from here on out. With winter just around the corner, I can only imagine that seasonal depression will be hitting differently this time around. We already sit around on our computer and phones enough during the day, but at least in the spring and fall, we have the opportunity to get outside and

be disconnected from our screens.

I’m sure this isn’t the first time you have heard this, and it won’t be the last, but why has everyone been in the same state of being beyond exhausted and over schoolwork already? Before we dive in deeper into the topic Zoom fatigue, it’s important to know what it is and how it pertains to almost everyone.

This past week, I sat down with Dr. Orson Morrison, a clinical psychologist and the director of DePaul Family and Community Mental Health Services. My first question to him was if he believed in Zoom fatigue and how it affects our health. His answer won me over — he chuckled and said “Absolutely.”

“I think that it is even more difficult for the people that don’t typically sit in front of a computer, on a screen all day to be very stationary,” Morrison added.

“There is also the element that we’re not just looking at our screens, but it’s also that we’re communicating interpersonally.

Not only do we look at the other person, and that process can also be exhausting.”

Over Zoom, our feelings and attitudes can never fully be understood just by looking at someone through your screen.

Non-verbal signals include everything from facial expressions, to the tone in our voice, our posture and gestures. And for someone who likes to talk with their hands almost all the time, this has been one of the toughest struggles on Zoom for me.

In face-to-face meetings, it’s easier to pick up on these non-verbal cues because you can see and listen to whoever is speaking. In a video chat, it’s a lot harder to determine if anyone is listening to you

or not. A professor of mine’s favorite way to understand if everyone on the call can see him and hear him is by showing a thumbs up or a thumbs down. It’s silly but, it is the easiest way to get a response from everyone since they can’t pick up the vibe of the classroom.

Moving into the physical health concerns of Zoom, Morrison said, “I know for me personally, in my work I am often getting up, I’m moving. I’ll be interacting with clients and families. Even walking around the clinic, that movement of getting up and walking around is not only helping our wellness, but also helping our bodies to destress.”

Morrison added that by purposefully making time in his day to have mini breaks from his screen is a key element to his daily life. Whether it’s going on a walk, reading a book, spending time with friends and family or even just sitting outside, it lets your body and especially your eyes take a break from your desk and especially your computer.

Now, it might be a little difficult at first to find time to put breaks in your day. In fact, making time for self-care should always be a top priority. DePaul junior Martha Vazquez is a big advocate for self-care when it comes to Zoom fatigue.

“Do whatever it is that evokes stress relief for you,” she said. ”Be fiercely committed to your down time. And most importantly, [get] enough sleep. This allows your brain to fully shut down and relax.”

Zoom fatigue is real and it’s here, but it’s never too late to help reduce it, and professors should keep that in mind that as long as Zoom meetings continue.

Professors can tell when no one is paying attention or is bored out of their mind during a lecture. Here’s hoping that they start to catch on that not only is it beneficial to their students, but to them as well.

Perhaps whoever is hosting the meeting can decide if it’s an important subject or not and if it truly needs to be discussed.

In an educational setting, Morrison believes that “Professors should be mindful about the impact of being on a screen for so long.”

With the combination of seasonal depression and Zoom fatigue, “it is definitely going to be a big factor of our mental health,” Morrison said. “Truthfully, there are so many other things that are impacting our world now. But seasonal depression will be a bigger factor to our stress.

It is crucial. Therefore it is important to practice radical self-care.” Radical selfcare is prioritizing your own health and needs before you can take care of others.

So when it comes to an overwhelming Zoom call or a pile of homework to keep up with, don’t be afraid to reach out to your professors and let them know what’s going on. Vazquez releases a deep sigh and says, “Honestly, we’re all in this together. If a student is less stressed, they are more likely to contribute more to the class which in the end benefits the professor.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.

If you’re okay and living fine with Zoom, all I say is invest in blue light glasses. Protect your eyes. And if you’re not okay with Zoom, just know that you’re not the only one.

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The media’s biggest bully

ALEX BRANDON | AP President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington, before departing for a campaign rally in Middletown, Pa.

Trump needs to be held accountable for the damage he has caused to journalists

By Corey Schmidt Staff Writer

Republican, Democrat or Independent, it is easy to say that President Donald Trump has an interesting relationship with the press, occasionally even insulting them — an action that he should be held accountable for.

Trump is notorious for the phrase “fake news,” calling out journalists and news organizations both in-person and on Twitter. Going even further, Trump has had several interactions with journalists where he lacks respect and professionalism.

A key example was when Trump directly insulted Cecilia Vega, senior White House correspondent for ABC News. This started when Vega took a few seconds to ask her question after she had been picked.

“She’s shocked that I picked her,” said Trump. “She’s in a state of shock.”

Vega replied saying that she was not in shock and continued to thank the president for calling on her, according to USA Today. It follows that Trump misheard her to have said that she was not thinking.

“I know you’re not thinking. You never do,” Trump said in response to Vega.

Trump then dismissed her question as irrelevant since it was about the FBI investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh who was being nominated for his role at that time. The question was deemed irrelevant by Trump since it was unrelated to the topic of trade which

“Overall, Trump’s relationship with the press is dysfunctional. It has inflicted enormous damage on the reputation of professional journalists who do their best to seek the truth.”

Chris Bury

Senior journalist in residence

prompted this press conference.

More recently, CBS reporter Weija Jiang was victim to Trump in a press conference about his Covid-19 response.

Jiang asked Trump why he took so long to warn people about the spread of Covid-19. Trump used his China travel ban as proof that his response was quick to dodge her question.

As Jiang continued to ask for an answer to her original question, Trump kept saying “do your research.” Jiang then presented specific dates in persistence for an answer. Eventually, Trump told her to “keep your voice down.”

Trump continues this behavior to discredit the press, according to Leslie Stahl, a correspondent for CBS’ “60 Minutes.” The goal is to cause a lack of trust between these organizations and the people so that when they publish some-

thing that he does not like, the people will be skeptical of it.

“At one point, [Trump] started to attack the press,” Stahl said in an interview with PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff.

“There were no cameras in there.”

“I said, ‘you know, this is getting tired.

Why are you doing it over and over?

It’s boring and it’s time to end that. You know, you’ve won... why do you keep hammering at this?’”

Stahl went on to say, “And he replied: ‘You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.” “[Trump] famously undermines his own administration officials when they give background briefings to the White House press corps, under agreed upon rules of anonymity, and then attacks the

communication of his own officials as ‘fake news,’” said Chris Bury, senior journalist in residence at DePaul University in an email. “Overall, Trump’s relationship with the press is dysfunctional. It has inflicted enormous damage on the reputation of professional journalists who do their best to seek the truth.”

“Almost all journalists are in this business because they think it is an important calling,” said DePaul professor Rick Brown. “They think it’s important to give people the information they need.

Very few of them come into it with some goal of putting forth their point of view, hurting other people and beating their opponents.”

Trump needs to be held accountable for the damages he has done to news organizations across the world. If people are unable to trust journalists, then ultimately there is nobody watching over public officials to make sure that they are not abusing their powers. To limit Trump’s potential agenda of discrediting certain news organizations, it is important for journalists to stay as transparent and objective as possible.

“It will take enormous effort on the part of journalists and their organizations to repair the damage Trump has caused,” Bury said. “We must work harder to be as transparent as possible in our sources and methods, link to original documents whenever possible and engage regularly with the public so they understand we are part of the community and, like them, we wish to improve it.”

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Focus

A guide to voting in November

By Lacey Latch & Cailey Gleeson Editor-in-Chief & News Edito

Though the presidential election is taking up the majority of attention, the ballot for Illinois voters is much more loaded than just picking between President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden. The ballot is full of hot button issues — and some down-ballot races that are just as heated as national choices.

Given the pandemic, mail-in voting has become more prevalent as an alternative for those who don’t want to physically go to the polls.

Polling locations will not be able to enforce voters to wear masks while inside. Despite this, other measures have been implemented to ensure the safety of those who choose to vote in-person.

“There will be social distancing, six feet between voting stations, plexiglass dividers, hand sanitizers and masks available for those who do not have,” a spokesperson from the Chicago Board of Elections told The DePaulia.

Races to Watch: Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who has come under fire for her handling of the Jussie Smollett case, is running for her second term against Republican Pat O’Brien and Libertarian Brian Dennehy.

The primary race for this position wound up being one of the most expensive races anywhere in the country with Bill Conway infusing the race with millions of dollars of funding from his millionaire family.

14th District Rep. Lauren Underwood was elected in a surprising victory in 2018, unseating a longtime Republican incumbent. Her victory cemented her place in history as the first African American, the first woman and the first millennial to ever represent a district that is mostly white.

Now, state Sen. Jim Oberweis is hoping to take back the seat on behalf of state and local Republicans. The district is considered one of the true toss-ups this election.

Fair Tax Perhaps the hottest item on the ballot is Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed Graduated Income Tax Amendment — dubbed the “Fair Tax” — as it has seen stark opposition from some citizens and organizations.

This policy repeals the current law that has tax in Illinois at a flat rate of 4.95 percent and puts the power in the hands of legislators. Under this act, different levels of income will be taxed at different rates.

Based on Pritzker’s proposed spending, however, the average family in Illinois would end up owing around $3,500 in taxes under this new law.

Adam Schuster, senior director of budget and tax policy for the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute, said the amendment gives lawmakers “control of levying a tax on any income at any time.”

“There is nothing in the amendment language about what the tax rates would be or who they would be on,” Schuster said. “Proponents say the progressive tax amendment grants lawmakers the ability to charge higher taxes on the wealthy. But the amendment does not guarantee this.

Actually, lawmakers removed previous language about higher taxes on higher income.”

Schuster added some of the opposition also stems from trust in the states’ politicians.

“Illinois lawmakers are very untrustworthy,” Schuster said. “Illinois is ranked the third most corrupt state in the nation.

Illinois lawmakers are also known for breaking their promises. Previous broken promises include Illinois lottery would fund education, the Illinois Tollway would be free by 1973, and the 2017 tax hikes would fix budget problems.”

Schuster said the tax will not only impact families but also small businesses.

“More than 100,000 small businesses would be damaged by this tax during a year where they are already facing hardships,” he said.

“Students must consider the future of the state of Illinois,” Schuster said. “The tax would make it harder to find a job in the state, harder to buy a home and more likely to face future tax hikes.”

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Durbin serves at the Democratic Whip in the Senate, the party’s second highest role in the chamber, who must round up votes — a j importance should Democrats regain control of the Senate.

“I’d encourage kids to bring a cheat sheet,” McCarron said. “9/10ths of the ballot is going to be unfamiliar to them because it’s going to b and things like that.”

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Arts & Life

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DePaul students create literary magazine ‘They Call Us’

By Elana Garay

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hey Call Us is a non-profit feminist magazine that began with four DePaul University female students after an incident of three cat-calls. The goal is for all women to be able to share their story no matter the age, race, sexuality and nationality.

They feature writers, poets, artists and photographers. Each of the four members have their own duty in the magazine, too.

Morgan Kail-Ackerman was cat called three times in the span of three days.

“I’m done. I want to do something about it,” said Kail-Ackerman who then proceeded to gather her three friends on her frustration.

At first, it was an idea from Kail-Ackerman which then bloomed into reality when her friend Kailah Peters pushed for them to make it possible. Now, Kail-Ackerman is in charge of editing, publicity and is the writer for They Call Us. Peters is the co-editor with Kail-Ackerman who also handles treasury and their Patreon.

“I always had this conscious awareness and how your identity can affect the way you navigate through the world,” Peters said. “I always wanted to do something about it to fight for equality. So, when Morgan came to me and said she wanted to do a feminist literacy magazine and I was about to graduate from college and entering into the real world, I was like yes, this is how I make my mark in the world.”

“I think we all try to make this a safe space for people to come forward and tell their stories. That also happens in coven congress and it happens more in the zine,” said Arran Brown, the graphic designer and art director who handles art submissions and designs seen in their magazine.

Coven Congress is a discussion for all women to join in on freely talking about their experiences, opinions and ideas. Now, their Coven Congresses are held over Zoom which allowed the magazine to expand their audience from their neighborhood to different parts of the

COURTESY OF THEY CALL US

“They Call Us Theirs” was the first zine they released back in March of 2020.

“I always had this conscious awareness of how your identity can affect the way you navigate throughout the world. I always wanted to do something about it to fight for equality.

Kailah Peters

Co-Editor, They Call Us world.

“So, that safe space is important for the four of us and it’s been important for the last few, but it’s important for every-

one that submits to the zine and everyone that reads it because it is a safe space,” Brown said. “Maybe they haven’t had that same experience as me, but they have had

similar ones and I can have that conversation with them about it. And being able to uplift those voices is why we are here.”

Meg Harris controls the social media and art outreach.

“We found that the more women talk to each other, the more empowered we feel and the more movement we create,” Harris said. “I was a political science major. I got to study the lot of different forms of oppression and injustice. And kind of how our governmental structure can ferment and foster that injustice.

I think that one of the biggest aspects is that all of these issues impact half of the population and in some cases, over the population. I think it was baffling to me that why are we mistreating most of our population just because of these ancient ideas of what is right and should be done.”

So far, two of their magazine issues have been released and their third will come out on Halloween, titled They Call Us Witches. Their fourth issue, They Call Us Bossy will be released next year in January.

“I definitely want the four of us to not do less but to get other voices because I think our voices are already heard,” Kail-Ackerman said.

They Call Us Theirs was released on March 8 which focused on how the body and mind felt like it belonged to someone else. They Call Us Flawed was released on Aug. 1 which focused on body image and beauty standards. It challenged the unrealistic beauty standards going on today.

“I think until you’re in that setting talking about these things that we are taught not to talk about and feel shame about, you think it’s your own personal experience and that you’re the only one that has to face these obstacles,” Peters said. “When you sit down with the magazine or with other women and start actually talking about these things that society tells you aren’t real, aren’t important or aren’t happening, you start to feel the gravity of it. You see the million different ways that it affects your life or affects your friend’s life and that it doesn’t have to be like this.”

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film’s best action star

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Jackie Chan is the best action star of all time. I won’t debate this one. I hold a lot of these types of pop culture discussions in great standing, as the various opinions can reveal a lot about a person. Yet I don’t really care about anyone else’s opinion on this topic — nobody has done action better than Jackie Chan has for his decades-spanning legendary career.

From his first starring role in “Little Tiger of Canton” in 1973 to whatever this upcoming straight-to-streaming “Iron Mask” movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger is, Jackie Chan has done it all and has put together one of the most impressive resumes a movie star could make. He’s made some bad movies to go with his plethora of masterpieces.

No one does action like Jackie Chan, from his daring stunts to his ability to pull humor out of situations where the pain he feels is all too real. A Jackie Chan movie is a real event, unlike what any other action star has ever consistently pulled together. The bloopers at the end of the movies pull you into the world of Chan and his underappreciated stunt crew.

Chan combines the humor of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and the silent-movie age with the robust martial arts of Bruce Lee, all while maintaining the boyish charm of a Tom Cruise-like figure. Other than this unique combination, what sets him apart is what he is willing to do to his body for the finished on-screen product.

Throughout his career, Jackie Chan has slid down a 25-story building, slid down a chandelier resulting in multiple second-degree burns and a broken pelvis, jumped off a castle onto a tree, broken his skull, multiple other bones, torn ligaments and caused many producers to burn their checkbook.

What makes Jackie Chan so fun is the way he does action-comedy. Oftentimes, action-comedies, like what a lot of Marvel movies try to do, are very cut and dry. The action is separate from the comedy. Whereas in a Jackie Chan movie, everything is intertwined. You can see that in his many different setpieces.

In his 1979 directorial debut “The Fearless Hyena,” a scene plays out where Chan and co-star Chan Wai-Lau fight with chopsticks, passing a piece of food between them without dropping it. In “Police Story 2,” Chan fights a gang of goons at a playground, sweeping in and out of equipment to stave off multiple attackers. It is probably his most famous attribute — fighting others with whatever stuff he can find around him.

In a lot of American action movies, a hero fights a group of attackers who come at him one at a time. In a Jackie Chan action movie, Chan gets hit repeatedly during fights, grabbing humor out of his and others’ physical pain. He often has to fight from behind as well, with some sort of limitation like a steering wheel being handcuffed to him (“Rush Hour”).

Jackie Chan just knows how to fight.

A whole fight scene will have a very limited amount of cuts, no close-ups, and never a cut on action. When he or someone else gets hit, the audience can see and feel it, unlike some Hollywood movies where it’s clear that a stunt-double has popped in for a hit.

This means there is a split in Chan’s filmography. For the first two decades or so of his career, he stayed in Hong Kong, not yet exploding in fame stateside. It wasn’t until 1996’s “Rumble in the Bronx” that saw a cut-down U.S. theatrical version release which launched his U.S. fame. From there came the infamous “Rush Hour” trilogy, “Shanghai Noon” and “Shanghai Knights” with Owen Wilson, a voice role in “Kung Fu Panda,” “The Spy Next Door” and 2010’s remake of “The Karate Kid.” These films are different in nature from Chan’s earlier Hong Kong films, but they are action-comedies. Where they differ is in Chan’s control, and the way that Hollywood operates compared to the studios Chan worked with early on.

Jackie Chan’s style probably can be replicated in a way. There is a formula, and there are certainly enough people with martial arts prowess. But nobody has ever wanted to attempt what Jackie Chan has perfected. In a behind the scenes video, Chan describes one of his stunts in the movie “The Young Master” where he fights using a Chinese fan. “The most difficult thing is when I throw the fan and it comes back, more than 120 takes,” he said.

“Those kinds of scenes you say ‘Oh, Jackie’s good,’ it’s not good, you can do it. Except, do you have the patience or not?”

It’s a good question, and another worthwhile question is “does the producer have the patience or not?” Most of the time in American studios, they don’t. The little scenes that take hundreds of takes and work into the budget aren’t going to fly with a lot of producers and studios. Jackie Chan films it, and then works magic in the editing room to create not an illusion of a good fight scene, but instead, he helps add rhythm to scenes through minimal cuts and wide angles.

The movies that made me fall in love with Jackie Chan are “Police Story” 1 and 2. The movies see Chan as Hong Kong police officer Chan Ka-Kui, fighting against international crime lords and working gung-ho. These movies are special because they show everything Chan can do that no one else has ever replicated. Amazing set pieces, gripping story, adventurous humor and giant stunts that would make most people’s stomachs turn.

What Jackie Chan can do is unparalleled, and it’s shown through Police Story 1 and 2.

These were some of the first bigger budget movies that Chan worked on with his designated stunt team, and that allowed for a sort of mural of Chan’s best attributes. Not to mention the amazing theme song is sung by Chan himself.

There’s a reason Edgar Wright, one of the best action-comedy directors working right now, literally cried when he saw Jackie Chan on screen for the first time, as he revealed in an interview with SFX magazine. Jackie Chan’s influence will forever carry on, as someone who is forever ingrained in film. He has made an inconceivable contribution to the art of film, and should forever be remembered.

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Five films to look forward to at CIFF

By Lauren Coates Staff Writer

Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 14, the city of Chicago will once again be home to the Chicago International Film Festival — albeit with a Covid-enduced twist. The festival, which has celebrated international filmmakers for the past 56 years, is taking a new approach to its programming thanks to the setbacks from the restrictions imposed

by Covid-19. The films being shown are no less prestigious, but instead of in-person viewings at theaters in Chicago, the festival is instead opting to provide a mix of virtual and drive-in viewing experiences for festivalgoers. Even though the festival may look a little different, there are still tons of exciting films to watch this year, so we’ve rounded up five of our must-watch films at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival.

1. “Belushi” dir. R.J. Cutler

Making its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival in addition to kicking off the festival’s opening night, one of our most anticipated films of the festival is “Belushi,” directed by R.J. Cutler.

The film is a documentary that chronicles the life of beloved actor, comedian, and musician John Belushi, a Chicago native most famous for his stint as a founding cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” as well as his starring role in “The Blues Brothers.”

“Belushi” is set to be an incredible tribute for an incredible man, and with a star-studded lineup of interviewees including Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Carrie Fisher, Chevy Chase and Harold Ramis, the film is shaping up to be a mustwatch for any proud Chicagoan or comedy fan.

“David Byrne’s American Utopia” follows actor David Byrne in his Broadway show “American Utopia,” directed by Spike Lee.

2. “David Byrne’s American Utopia” dir. Spike Lee

Directed by legendary Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” is an unorthodox concert film which marries Lee’s eclectic filmmaking style with that of Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, and his critically-acclaimed Broadway show “American Utopia.” The film received rave reviews when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year, and given Lee’s prolific film career combined “One Night in Miami” is Regina King’s first feature, an adaption of a Broadway play starring Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr and more. with the unique magic of Byrne’s Broadway show, “American Utopia” is sure to be a crowd-pleaser at the upcoming Chicago International Film Festival.

3. “One Night in Miami” dir. Regina King

The directorial debut of Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Regina King, “One Night in Miami” is an adaption of the Broadway play of the same name, which follows Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree) as he celebrates his upset win against Sonny Liston with three of his closest friends — Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). With a powerhouse cast and an acclaimed book, Regina King’s first dive into the director’s chair should be one of the festival’s biggest films to watch out for.

4. “Nomadland” dir. Chloé Zhao

The winner of the 2020 Venice Film Festival’s prestigious Golden Lion award, “Nomadland” is the latest endeavor from director Chloé Zhao. The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who uproots her life following the economic collapse of her small Nevada town, and begins a cross-country road trip through the American midwest. In addition to snagging the prestigious Golden Lion, “Nomadland” also received critical acclaim at the Toronto

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Director Steve James’ latest Chicago-based documentary “City So Real” documents the past year in Chicago race-relations.

International Film Festival, and will likely add the Chicago International Film Festival to the list of venues singing its praises.

5. “City So Real” dir. Steve James

The last of our Chicago International Film Festival roundup, “City So Real” isn’t a film — it’s a mini-docuseries from Steve

James, the director of “Hoop Dreams.” The miniseries follows the city of Chicago beginning in 2019 after the trial of the police officer who killed LaQuan McDonald and amidst the highly controversial 2019 mayoral election, and ends a year after Mayor Lightfoot took office. Covering everything

from Chicago’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to protests following the death of George Floyd and everything in between, “City So Real” dips into the lives of Chicago politicians and pedestrians to craft a compelling and pressing narrative.

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Andy asked, “I’ve heard of a few different delivery services for pet supplies, any in specific you’d recommend?”

By Quinn White Social Media Editor

Sydney asked, “How can I redeem myself after not doing well in a course?

I don’t want to leave my professor with the wrong impression of me.”

Hi Sydney! I can completely relate to this question. I’ve taken a course before where I didn’t feel I did my best and was left feeling like I didn’t prove to my professor that I was the good student I truly am.

What I would recommend is trying to take another course with that professor if they teach other classes. The best way to redeem yourself, in my opinion, is to learn under that same professor and prove yourself a second time around by doing much better than you did the first time. Go above and beyond — be the first to present, first to ask a question, and first to comment during a discussion.

Hey Andy! I totally get why you want your pet supplies delivered to your door — it’s the ultimate convenience.

For my kitty Fancy’s supplies I use Chewy. I’ve found that they’re quick with deliveries, have great customer service and offer great deals on the supplies! They have an app you can download from the App Store. You can even make a little profile for your pet in the app.

Jackie asked, “What are some fun art projects to do when bored at home?”

Hello Jackie! I’ve definitely turned to art this quarantine and have been enjoying glass painting recently. If you go to any art store and buy glass paint,

you can turn any of your glasses at home into an art project! You can also go to thrift stores to find cool glasses to paint.

Another art project I would recommend is fabric art! You can take a canvas, different styles of fabrics and light, differently shaped objects to cover with your fabric. It’s a cool way to make wall art that pops out at you!

‘Nomadland’: another great film from Chloe Zhao

By Michael Brzezinski Chief Film Critic

In 2015, Chloé Zhao launched her career with her feature debut “Songs My Brother Taught Me.” A profoundly tender and understated neo-realist portrait of life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. After that came worldwide acclaim with her 2017 Cannes-debuting portrait of the modern-day cowboy, “The Rider.” A film that similarly shows a community on the outskirts of the American west with all non-professional actors.

With just those two films under her belt, it became clear to everyone in the film world that the Chinese-born director has a natural eye and an empathetic admiration for people that society often looks at as afterthoughts or merely just forgotten. Those who are never abundantly present to us but exist on the untethered margins of what we deem to be “conventional society.”

Three years after “The Rider” lended her a breakthrough to a wider audience, she has returned with another film of insurmountable beauty, capturing lives of beautiful and meditative impermanence in “Nomadland.”

The film - which has been setting the world wide film festival circuit on fire garnering the top prizes at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival - stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a re-

cent widow who, after her town succumbs to economic collapse, packs up her van and explores an unconventional life on the road amongst nomads.

Fern forms close bonds (and loses some old ones) in her new life with fellow nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob — all played magnificently by real life nomads — and most poignantly with David (played characteristically sweet by David Stratharin), someone also choosing life on the road as opposed to confront traditional home life.

While on the outside, “Nomadland” may seem like a film that follows a familiar formula of stories about people wanting to untether from their tired surroundings, Zhao refuses to conform and lets this film bask and breathe in the vast Western spaces it exists in. It’s at once meandering and at the same time still so soulful and humbling that you feel lucky to be able to observe such painful humanity under the glow of its magic hour cinematography.

The film remains so elemental, with her camera always attuned to our character’s vast natural and unforgiving surroundings; it honestly takes your breath away. It takes a true understanding of everyday beauty to pull something like that off, and Zhao’s understanding of that is matched only by her wholehearted compassion for the working class.

With all of Zhao’s natural cinematic

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Frances McDormand shines in “Nomadland” the third film from director Chloe Zhao. prowess, McDormand meets her at her level with a force of nature performance as Fern.

Lending a simultaneously layered and totally stripped down performance that is commandingly tough and achingly vulnerable.

It’s the performance of a lifetime.

In “Nomadland,” there is only enough room for the truth, which is why Zhao’s neo-realist style flows so seamlessly and why it’s philosophical introspections that it’s final moments leave you with feel so earned. With things remaining as uncertain as they are, it is

comforting to come across a film that treats uncertainty with a bit of a sense of ease and even a splash of hope for what waits for us.

One thing is certain however, and that is “Nomadland” is one of finest cinematic achievements of this year and it’ll surely go on to collect far more golden statues ahead.

“Nomadland” screens at the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 24 and opens in theaters Dec. 4.

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Banned movies take a lot of different shapes

By Rebecca Meluch Opinions Editor

October means we get to dim our lights, make a bowl of popcorn and have scary movie marathons. Or, it’s the one time of the year where you’re sleeping with the lights on for a whole month, because your friends tricked you into watching a horror film.

But what’s “spooky season” without watching some of the basics like the original “Halloween” movies with Michael Myers, “Saw,” “A Clockwork Orange” or the “Exorcist?”

Legal actually.

Most of these classic horror movies at some point in time were actually banned to watch or censored in certain parts of the United States or around the world.

“A Clockwork Orange” was given an X rating prior to release in 1971, which back then made it difficult for theaters to screen both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Christopher Parrish, a professor in DePaul’s school of Cinematic Arts explains how when movies received certain ratings, theaters pulled back or refused to screen viewings.

“Even though it received a rating and you could play it at different theatres across the country, there were chains of theatres that at the time, and still today, that refuse to play anything with a rating of that sort,” Parrish said.

In the U.K., Stanley Kubrick himself had to remove “A Clockwork Orange” from theaters when crimes inspired by the film took place after the release.

“Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the 1974 horror film classic directed by Tobe Hooper, was banned in the U.K. until 1999. A long list of other countries such as Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Germany – to name a few – attempted to censor and ban the viewing of the movie as well. The film was banned in certain regions partly because it marketed itself as a “true story.” Much of the plot was truly made up, although based on and inspired from the real murders of an American serial killer, Ed Gein.

Much of the controversy is around its depictions of violence and gore, but it still led to a future of “Leatherface” franchises with sequels and remakes, as well as comic books.

Often, these bans would entice movie watcher’s to get their hands on the film, or eyes and ears rather. These bans might have actually enticed viewers to check it out, like an abandoned building.

“These were sort of considered ‘badges of honor’ for the filmmakers and the distributors,” Parrish said. “They would run ads, they would run newspaper ads, or even in television commercials, where they would print the words, ‘banned in Canada’ or a voice over would say something like, ‘banned in such and such’ or ‘banned in this many countries’ and that would actually entice theater goers to come and see the film.”

It’s not just horror movies that are often banned in different countries. The banning goes far beyond depictions of gore, violence and cruelty.

Shelby Saute earned her bachelor’s degree in Film and TV production from California Lutheran University. While interning with Blue Sky Studios and Endemol Entertainment, she was able to get an insight in the censorship of movies, particularly in the United States.

“I think it’s safe to say things that get

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Willem Dafoe starred in “The Last Temptation of Christ” dir. Martin Scorcese, the film saw a lot of backlash in the United States. films banned are typically sexuality and violence. I would put political and religious themes on that list as well,” Saute said. “A lot of the bans for films start with outcry from specific groups of people.

Whether it’s a church or religious group, a political party or a group of people who may not be portrayed well in a film.

Those groups tend to make a lot of noise around these films that then get the attention of local and state governments who then enact the ban.”

Saute references Martin Scorcese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ.” The film was banned, censored and protested all around different parts of the United States.

Prior to its release in 1988, it was retaliated against by Christian groups and was banned in a few U.S. cities after it was released. Christian religious groups protested the movie because it depicted a vision of Jesus and his apostles that was seen as against the nature of what is told in the scripture of the Bible.

An article from the Los Angeles Times in 1988 summarizes the nationwide controversy of the film. Religious leaders, bishops and nuns spoke out against the film while protests near the entrance to the Universal Studios Tour erupted that threatened damage and destruction to movie theaters that showed it.

Jack Balligian, a senior studying Film and TV production at DePaul, said he remembered learning about how the “Exorcist” was once controversial and banned in multiple countries such as the U.K..

While the movie itself wasn’t banned in the United States, the first trailer that was released was banned and pulled from movie theaters.

“Anything that was deemed unsavory was out, ranging from violence or glorification of crime, to witchcraft, to sexual content,” Balligian said. “Even pre-’60s, there’s a lot of racial issues that plague these movies, with some getting banned in Southern cities and states if they were viewing the topic of race too liberally.”

Believe it or not, a children’s television show was once at the forefront of retaliation in the ‘60s.

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“A Clockwork Orange” was thought to have influenced a spree of crime in the U.K. “‘Sesame Street’ was something that public television viewers, racist parents in the South, in particular in the state of Mississippi back in 1969, wanted to censor,” Parrish said. “Because it promoted harmony and unity amongst people of different races and on Sesame Street of course, there was no segregation there and they wanted to pull it, they wanted to censor it from PBS stations.”

Fortunately, “Sesame Street” was never banned, and the attempted censorship of it was never successful, but Parrish shared that movies and television shows that also conveyed messages about sexuality in some nature, or depicted same sex couples would recieve protests from homophobic and racist adults.

Alongside that, films that threatened or commented on the current political state or social structure of countries were often placed on a “list.”

“Things that pose some sort of perceived threat to the ‘powers that be’ or to the political structure or to a social structure which might be completely unfair to

marginalized groups, these are projects or productions that the ‘powers that be’ don’t want to see the light of day because it threatens their power,” Parrish said.

In the United States, movies or television shows aren’t typically banned nationally, but rather regionally or stateby-state. Balligian shared that interested viewers could often travel to see the film or wait a few years after the initial release cycle was over and the film was re-evaluated.

Whenever you pick a scary movie on Netflix, turn on a show, or watch a critically acclaimed film, do some research beforehand. Odds are what you’re watching is or was banned or censored somewhere in the world.

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D e JAMZ “Spinning fresh beats since 1581”

By Emma Oxnevad Online Managing Editor

Do you ever find yourself wishing for a simpler time? I know I have. In an attempt to capture the spirit of a less tumultuous era, I’ve been listening to some of my favorite early 2000s jams. While certainly not a simple time in a larger historical context (thanks a lot, War on Terror) I was a child in the 2000s, so suffice to say I was not tuned in to the so-called “national turmoil.”

Without further ado, here are some of my favorite songs from the early 2000s.

1. Don’t Trust Me - 3OH!3

Some may say that time was unkind to 3OH!3, who are decidedly less relevant now than they were back in the day; I am inclined to disagree, solely on the basis of how ridiculous their band name is to type out. However, if this song comes on in public, you can bet that I will lose my shit. This song takes me back to my fifth grade overnight trip, in which a bunch of literal 10 year olds sang the line “do the Helen Keller

and talk with your hips” while the poor chaperones fought off the urge to abandon us.

2. Yeah! - Usher ft. Lil Jon and Ludacris

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When I think about what has radicalized me, this song comes to mind. This song is reminiscent of Springsteen in the ways it exemplifies American discontent.

Just kidding, but this song does slap. While I probably should not have been listening to a song that reference Prozac and only being with one man as a child, I can’t say it left me too scarred; maybe that’s where I get my terrible sense of humor from.

While I struggle with being a reluctant Taylor Swift apologist, this song is pure gold. The chorus has a perfect singalong factor and a great sense of atmosphere that

Oh to be at a club with this song playing.

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I’m not a betting man myself, but I’d estimate that I’ve listened to this song over 1,000 times throughout my life. It’s that good. I also have a good portion of Ludacris’ guest verse memorized (making you proud, Mom!) and if I hear this song in a group setting, I will make a point of mentioning that. If and when I ever get married, rest assured this song will be on my playlist and I will certainly make a fool of myself.

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5. Everytime We Touch - Cascada

ACROSS 1. Pkg. deliverer 4. Gymnastically gifted 8. Crisp cookie 12. Turn 13. “Guilty”, e.g.

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16. Boors 17. Off course 18. ___ de corps 20. Stage hog 22. Carpet quality 23. Poor match 27. High-fives 29. Copier nuisance 30. Lobster coral 31. Gear teeth 32. Go on and on 33. Dinner and a movie, say 34. Chum of Tarzan 35. “No ___!”

36. Greek giant 37. Bird in a tree, often 39. Camper’s need 40. Tie the knot 41. Critical warnings 44. New Zealand’s symbol 47. Atacama adjective 49. Time out?

50. Adored image 51. Hold sway 52. “The best things in life ___ free” 53. Dutch sea wall 54. Army grub 55. Blazed a trail

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car, damn near seizing in the backseat in attempt to mimic good movement. While the lyrics are a little questionable (“your heart is my sky?”), I doubt anyone is listening to this one for any deeper meanings.

DOWN 1. Exhort 2. Carbonated quaffs 3. Union work ploys 4. Victors’ reward 5. Armadillo feature 6. Boxing official 7. Face veil 8. Pillow cover-ups 9. Improved partner?

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11. Exhibit nosiness 19. Fabric flaws 21. It’s taken with a bow?

24. Like some twins 25. Minuscule bit 26. Adult-to-be 27. Capture electronically 28. Natural gait 29. Host Leno 32. Mast cross-beam end 33. Desperate, as circumstances 35. Lilliputian 36. Marks in Spanish class 38. It’s binding 39. Falls short 42. Container weight 43. Earned a citation?

44. A little butter?

45. Slick, possibly 46. Moo goo gai pan pan 48. Have some remorse

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La DePaulia

Prohibición de dieta vegana La cultura latina está repleta de diferentes platos tradicionales y sabores, cuyos platos siempre ha contenido el ingrediente de la carne.

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Por qué las familias latinas no podrían aceptar la idea

By Bryan Matthew Lopez Reportero

La cultura latina está repleta de diferentes platos tradicionales y sabores. En Colombia, por ejemplo, la Bandeja Paisa consiste de elementos como arroz, frijoles rojos, arepa, carne molida, chicharrón, plátanos, y un huevo frito. Mientras en Puerto Rico, un plato típico como el lechón asado consiste en carne cerda marinada con ingredientes adobo. Aunque cada país en latinoamérica tiene su propio plato típico con diferentes sabores, la carne siempre ha sido un ingrediente presente en cada plato.

Idania Aldana, una vegana de 20 años del vecindario de Irving Park, tomó la decisión de volverse vegana después de aprender sobre el proceso de cómo someten los animales.

“Me hice vegetariana por primera vez cuando tenía 15 años después de ver un video de un matadero,” dijo Aldana. “Hace dos años me interesé por el veganismo.

Hice el cambio a ser vegana después de descubrir cuán cruel y dañina es la industria láctea para los animales”.

La decisión de seguir una dieta vegana para evitar activamente la crueldad hacia los animales es solo una de las razones por las que alguien podría cambiar su dieta.

Angelina Dávila, estudiante de segundo año en la Universidad DePaul, se hizo vegana para mejorar su salud y defender los derechos ambientales.

“Inicialmente, estaba buscando un cambio interesante en la dieta para mejorar mi salud y bajar de peso… [me] di cuenta de que el veganismo es más que una dieta,

“Con toda honestidad, [mis padres]

probablemente pensaron que estaba pasando por una ‘fase’ y volvería a comer carne de res y pollo dentro de un mes”.

Catalina Galvan

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es un estilo de vida que reduce significativamente la tolerancia a las repercusiones del colonialismo”, dijo Dávila. “Creo que el veganismo es vital en la lucha contra el racismo ambiental y alimentario alentado por nuestro gobierno”.

Sin embargo, algo tan simple como cambiar la dieta a una dieta vegetariana o vegana podría considerarse como blasfemia en la cultura latina.

Para Davila, el cambio de su dieta causó una lucha entre ella y sus padres. Ella dice que a sus padres les costaba entender y aceptar su nuevo estilo de vida.

Su madre no tomó la decisión de Davila en serio, pero luego aceptó su nuevo estilo de vida y comenzó a cocinar algunos platos mexicanos sin carne ni lácteo– intentando de eliminar los ingredientes que eran malos para su salud y romper el ciclo de diabetes y otras enfermedades que a menudo afectan a la comunidad latina.

Pero Davila no es la única que enfrentó una oposición de opiniones por parte de su familia al cambiar su dieta.

Para Catalina Galvan, de 25 años y de descendencia colombiana, la decisión de cambiar su estilo alimenticio causó críticas familiares.

“Con toda honestidad, probablemente pensaron que estaba pasando por una “fase” y volvería a comer carne de res y pollo dentro de un mes’’, dijo Galvan. “Claramente, ese no fue el caso”.

Galvan destacó que estas críticas surgieron por el hecho de que no entendían cómo una persona puede recibir la cantidad necesaria de proteína que es completamente a base de plantas.

Ella añadió que tampoco estaban abiertos a entender lo poco éticos que son en la industria de la agricultura animal para los animales y el medio ambiente, pero que al final, decidieron respetar su decisión.

“Puede que mi familia no entienda y acepte mi decisión de ser vegana, pero definitivamente la respetan”, dijo.

Para Galvan el hecho de ser vegana no significa que no pueda ser parte de la cultura latina. Al contrario, ella dice que ha

encontrado que hay mucha comida en su cultura que se puede “veganizar’’.

Esto quiere decir que el vegetarianismo y el veganismo son más comunes en la comunidad latina de lo que uno piensa.

Las generaciones más jóvenes están utilizando el vegetarianismo y el veganismo como vínculos para generar cambios en nuestra cultura y nuestra sociedad.

Cuando elegimos mejorar nuestras elecciones dietéticas, estamos dando el ejemplo a otras personas para que tomen decisiones éticamente justas para mejorarse a sí mismos y nuestro medio ambiente.

La decisión de seguir una dieta vegetariana o vegana no significa que alguien tenga que abandonar sus raíces latinas. Puedes ser latino y vegano al mismo tiempo y aun así celebrar las comidas tradicionales con las que creciste. Elegir ser vegano podría incluso animarte a empezar a cocinar más y a encontrar nuevos sabores para agregar a algunas de tus recetas favoritas.

Muchos restaurantes están comenzando a ser más inclusivos con las personas que siguen dietas vegetarianas o veganas.

Un gran ejemplo es Casa Yari en Logan Square en Chicago. Ofrecen alternativas veganas a la deliciosa comida tradicional puertorriqueña como mofongo, jibaritos y pastelón.

La cultura se celebra a través de la comida en la cultura latina y es importante reconocer que decidir ser vegetariano o vegano no tiene por qué limitar la conexión de alguien con su cultura. Hay muchos caldos, enchiladas, arroces, tacos, pupusas, empanadas y tamales diferentes que se pueden preparar sin carne y sin lácteos.

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El Poder de la Costura Empresa de moda en Chicago usa sus diseños para ‘empoderar a la mujer latina’

By Maria Guerrero Gerente Editorial

Lo que comenzó como vestir a sus amistades en la comunidad LGBTQ para shows de drag se convirtió en un negocio de moda por dos latinos que empoderan a las mujeres y la cultura latina a través de sus diseños.

David Moreno, de 46 años, de La Villita y su compañero Rafael Reyes, de 37, son las caras detrás de Reyes Moreno Designs. Reyes Moreno Designs es una empresa de moda personalizada basada en Chicago que ofrece diseños exclusivos para todas las ocasiones. Lanzando en 2015, la pareja fundó el negocio después que familiares y amigos comenzaron a solicitar vestidos y ciertos estilos.

“Empecé a vestir a nuestros amigos de la comunidad LGBTQ que hacen shows de drag y luego tomó una dirección completamente diferente”, dijo Moreno. “Tuvimos una enorme cantidad de gente solicitando vestidos y ciertos estilos. La publicidad es cómo llegamos a donde estamos ahora “.

Reyes Moreno Designs tiene como objetivo empoderar a mujeres de todas los orígenes con sus diseños únicos.

“Nuestro objetivo es vestir a las mujeres y que se den cuenta de que las mujeres son hermosas, sin importar el tamaño o la altura”, dijo Moreno, diseñador de Reyes Moreno Designs.

Trabajando con la comunidad de latinas, Moreno quiere ayudar a resaltar la física de la mujer latina y sus características culturales.

“La mayoría de las mujeres latinas son muy conscientes de su cuerpo y sus curvas y cuando vienen aquí vienen por diseños específicos que ocultan esas curvas”, dijo Moreno. “Intentamos que prueben otra cosa y terminan dándose cuenta de que su cuerpo es hermoso. Vamos a terminar haciendo un vestido que

les quede a ellos y no al revés”.

Aunque Moreno no asistió a la escuela para diseñar, dibujar y crear siempre ha sido su pasión.

“Cuando era pequeño veía novelas y prestaba poca atención a la trama pero copiaba lo que vestían las actrices en ese momento y le daba mi toquecito”, dijo Moreno.“Era siempre mi pasión por lo que cuando me encontré con Rafael y le mostré mis dibujos le pregunté si estaría dispuesto a aprender cómo sembrar y él dijo que sí.”

Moreno y Reyes llevan 11 años juntos y nueve casados. La madre de Moreno, quien es costurera, le enseñó a Reyes el proceso de costura y pronto comenzó a adquirir la técnica al mirar. Con los diseños de Moreno y la habilidad de costura de Reyes, la marca de Reyes Moreno Designs nació.

“Acabamos de comenzar esto, pero nunca imaginé que estaríamos donde estamos ahora”, dijo Moreno. “Sabía que quería tener mi propio negocio pero sabía que tenía que ser poco a poco”.

Cinco años después, el dúo ha diseñado ropas personalizadas para clientes como la artista musical Beatriz Solis y la periodista de Telemundo Chicago Hilda Gutiérrez. Reyes Moreno Design no solo ha aparecido en eventos de renombre como el Latino Fashion Week, sino también en las auténticas tiendas latinas locales en la calle 26 de La Villita.

“Es muy importante para nosotros establecer nuestra cultura en cada pequeño diseño que podamos, estamos muy orgullosos de nuestra herencia”, dijo Moreno. Al final del día, es muy importante darse cuenta de dónde venimos y estamos orgullosos de nuestra herencia latina ”.

Al agregar ciertos colores y patrones como una rosa roja bordada o un vestido estilo sirena, Moreno y Reyes agregan el toque latino.

“No sólo atender a la comunidad latina, disponemos de una amplia varie-

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Diseñador Rafael Reyes cose una pieza para la colección de Reyes Moreno Designs. dad de clientes, pero tratamos de darles cias a sus clientes, seguidores, familiares siempre opciones y una de esas opciones y amigos que han podido expandir su está dando ese toque latino a la vesti- marca de moda.

“Gran parte de nuestro negocio ha menta”, dijo Moreno. “Nos esforzamos por hacer que nuestras mujeres se sien- crecido gracias a nuestros clientes, ni tan siempre princesas y diosas. No im- siquiera podemos imaginarnos ni siquiera el día de acción de gracias porque es porta si son latinas o no.”

Moreno y Reyes dijeron que es gra- donde nos conocimos”.

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Reyes Moreno Designs es una empresa de moda personalizada basada en Chicago que ofrece diseños exclusivos para todas las ocasiones.

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Working out during Covid-19 can help with cabin fever

By Ernesto Hernandez Asst. Sports Editor

Cabin fever has proven to be a real issue for most of us during this pandemic. We used to head out to go to class or work — now we take online classes and many of us are forced to work from home.

Days can become quite dull, and if you are struggling to find some release from being cooped up working at home, an exercise routine might be just what you need to liven up your pandemic lifestyle.

“It’s good to help break up the monotony,” said Michael Caputo, a personal trainer from Revamp Fitness in Lisle. “Finding time for yourself, just 45 minutes or an hour working out, it helps mentally to just get through the day. It’s something to look forward to.”

But setting up a workout routine can be more difficult during the pandemic.

Even though most gyms are back open after the Illinois lockdown, plenty of people are not yet comfortable returning to the public gyms given that there is still the risk of transmitting Covid-19.

If you are not ready to head back to the gym yet, or if you are a college student living at home without access to your college gym facility, an at home exercise routine might be the best option for you.

So, you want to set up a workout routine. What is the first step? No matter what types of exercise you are looking to get into, it is important to establish goals and keep with it. Tom Schneider, personal trainer at Anytime Fitness stresses the value of consistency.

“It’s important to establish consistency,” he said. “Ideally, you want to be exercising five to seven days a week. If you need to start off your routine doing just three to five days a week, that’s fine, but develop that consistent exercise routine to do on a weekly basis.” So, carve out some time in your weekly schedule for physical activity and stick to it.

“You should just mainly focus on getting that consistency, week after week, you will definitely see the results and progress,” Schneider added.

Although gym equipment can aid in exercise, you can get away with working out with nothing but your body weight.

Cheryl Nowlin, a personal trainer at Lake Shore Sport and Fitness in Lincoln Park recommends body weight exercises.

“Planks are an excellent ab workout and there are like a thousand variations on them, you can do alternating shoulder touches or side planks to get variation in your workout,” Nowlin said. “You also can’t go wrong with body weight squats or sit squats.”

Nowlin also said that you can get creative if you do not have any equipment.

“If body weight isn’t enough, then grab something heavy like a Tide container and squat with that as weight.”

Any relatively heavy household item can be used to add some intensity to your workout. If you are looking for more of a challenge, Cheryl says to try HIIT training. HIIT training is high intensity interval training. This can be anything from burpees to jumping rope, to pushups or sprints.

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Outdoor exercise equipment utilized during Covid-19. A man working out on a Friday afternoon in Chicago.

“It’s good to help break up the monotmy. Finding time for yourelf, just 45 minutes or an hour working out, it helps mentally to just get through the day.”

Michael Caputo Personal trainer

For those who still want to buy some workout equipment, there is plenty of at-home equipment available to purchase online. But it’s best to be careful when filling your Amazon cart with shiny new exercise gadgets, because in this case less can be more.

“It’s important for people to find equipment for themselves that they can use safely and effectively,” Schneider

said. “You can run into some issues if you’re just buying stuff because it’s what you think you should have. You should know how to use it safely and effectively.” If you end up purchasing equipment, make sure that it is something you are actually going to use. Start with a resistance band or a jump rope. It is also important to use it properly. An injury can be a disappointing setback for your

fitness goals.

Caputo recommends that at very least, getting up and being active can benefit you physically and mentally.

“Do something. That is the message I try to convey to everyone,” Caputo said. “Something is better than nothing, whether you are getting out on a walk with the dog… or getting on a bike, even if it’s just a leisurely stroll. Something is always better than nothing.”

If running a few miles or doing some high intensity interval training is right for you, go for it. But if it seems like too much at first, then get started with some simple physical activity on a weekly basis. Take a brisk walk or a bike ride.

Getting up and getting moving might be the thing that can help to keep you sane while you are stuck at home and it seems like the world is falling apart.

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Rush is still our team physician, and if someone did get sick they would still go there.”

After testing coaches and athletes for almost two months, DePaul has the fewest amount of positive tests in the Big East, according to Walsh. But DePaul is towards the bottom in the conference in terms of its total number of athletes and coaches.

While frequent testing remains an important part in allowing teams to practice, wearing masks is just as vital in DePaul’s protocols. According to Walsh, everyone must wear a mask while in the building, and masks must be worn during all team activities.

Walsh also said that when teams are finally allowed to play games against another school that wearing masks won’t be required during a match.

“There is thought that when they get soaking wet that they are less effective,” Walsh said. “The problem with basketball is that it’s indoors and when you are guarding someone face-to-face, you are not going to socially distance. Outdoor sports, like golf, tennis, softball, cross country, it’s not as big of an obstacle for them. They could go without masks, except maybe in doubles in tennis. I do think if they don’t wear them to participate, if they can have them on every other team it would be very helpful.”

Apart from testing and enforcing mask wearing, DePaul has had to limit which teams can use the locker rooms.

According to Walsh, men’s basketball is the only team that can access their locker room because they have enough room in there to socially distance.

But teams have also had to split up how many athletes they have in the weight room and, at times, have groups practice together instead of having the entire team be in contact with each other.

“It’s been very different,” women’s soccer senior forward Morgan Turner said. “We are not able to spend as much time in the athletic center or just outside of school, especially with not having in-person classes and not being able to study together. We have to wear a mask

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DePaul redshirt senior midfielder Bina Saipi dribbles the ball past a defender during a Blue Demons practice . in practice and in the weight room, any time on campus. Our weight rooms are normally a group of 25, but now we have to do groups of eight. That’s definitely an adjustment to do.”

Another important issue that the athletic department had to handle before opening up the Sullivan Athletic Center was how they were going to clean the building on a regular basis.

Before any team is allowed to enter the building the next day, the facility must go through a cleaning process, which also limits how much time an athlete is allowed to use a specific equipment, or in the case of basketball, how many shots they can get up after practice.

“The last practice of the day, it probably doesn’t matter because by the next

morning there wouldn’t be anything alive on the surfaces, but the university comes in and does a deep cleaning,” Walsh said. “The demand on facilities, and my staff, is much higher. I would say, especially in sports performances because when they clean, they have to clean in between each group. So, you are talking most of their days being 12 hours long, and a couple hours of that are just cleaning — wiping benches, weights, medballs and stuff like that in between.”

As the year progresses and Covid-19 cases only continue to increase in America, most of these protocols will have to stay in place until the virus is under control. But there is still hope that the sports that got postponed in the fall can be played in the spring.

For volleyball senior Avarie Ev-

GORDEN, continued from back page simply wasn’t her performances in the last five, six, or seven games, but rather what she did last season as well as her performances this season. He also cited her one-on-one defending ability as well as being able to play the ball out from the back and start the attack for the Red Stars.

Gorden started 25 out of 26 games for Chicago in 2019 and was a key defensive piece in helping the team reach the NWSL final for the first time in club history. She played six games in the NWSL Challenge Cup this season where the Red Stars made it to the final. She finished the season playing every minute in both games of the NWSL Fall Series.

During her time at DePaul, the Elk Grove native was anchor at defense for the Blue Demons. She played 17 matches her freshman year and 19 her sophomore year, respectively.

She had her best season during her junior year where she was part of a defense that gave up the fewest goals in the Big East and set a school record 20-game unbeaten streak. Her performance that season helped her be named in the 2014 All-Big East Second Team as well as the Big East All-Tournament Team.

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Former DePaul defender Sarah Gorden dribbles past a defender. Gorden, who currently plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL, got a call up to the USWNT. Gorden followed up her junior year with a strong senior year in which she started all 20 matches and was the Big East Defensive Player of the Week on four separate occasions. She finished her final year at DePaul by being named in the 2015 All-Big East First Team.

In 2016, Gorden became the first

player from DePaul Women’s Soccer player to be selected in the NWSL draft where she went 22nd overall to the Red Stars.“I couldn’t be more proud of the work Sarah has put in over the past five years,” DePaul women’s soccer coach Erin Chastain said. “She had an incredible career at DePaul, winning a conference champi-

ans-Allen, she is looking forward to playing in the spring, but is also taking every precaution possible to ensure that her team can stay safe.

“This is my last year, this is my last little run, I don’t really have any plans continuing after I graduate,” Evans-Allen said. “So, this is something I have been looking forward to as a freshman.

There’s definitely a higher sense of urgency for me, not only with the Covid precautions and people being safe and making smart decisions, but also how quickly we can get better as a team. I can speak for all the seniors — we want to do something different this year, we want to do something that DePaul volleyball hasn’t done before. We have a really great team.”

onship during her career. The league has taken off and is playing a vital role on her team. We can’t wait to continue to watch this former Blue Demon.”

With the absences of some big-name players, others will get an opportunity to make an impression to be part of the process down the road, and that includes Gorden.

“I can’t really speak to Gorden’s chances of sticking around long-term,” Costabile said. “There are so many factors at play, like the players who are overseas at the moment. But what I can say is that Gorden has a mindset unlike many other athletes and she’s more than capable of making this long-term.”

What makes her call-up to the training camp even more impressive is she is the only one on the roster who did not represent the U.S. at the youth level. The pipeline from the youth system to the senior team is strong and that she still made it shows that Gorden really is carving out her own path.

She joins teammates Alyssa Naeher, Tierna Davidson, Casey Short, Morgan Gautrat and Kealia Watt who will all take part in the training camp. This will be an opportunity for Gorden to see if she can be part of the national team set-up as they prepare for the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.

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The DePaul women’s soccer team returned to practice back in August. The team, with the rest of the athletic department, has had to adjust to the Covid-19 pandemic.

DePaul returns to practice with new precautions

By Lawrence Kreymer Sports Editor

When DePaul started to bring back student-athletes in August for workouts and practices, the athletic department had to come up with a strategy that would ensure athletes and coaches would be safe from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Before any coach or athlete was allowed back into the Sullivan Athletic Center, DePaul had to make sure the building was clean, set up hygiene stations and order enough masks for everyone.

Once the building was ready for the return of coaches and athletes, everyone had to go through surveillance testing to identify if anyone was symptomatic with the virus.

“The biggest protocols that we’ve had to reiterate to students are if they have any symptoms at all, they have to re-

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DePaul women’s soccer head coach Erin Chastain talks to her team during one of their practices. The fall season was postponded and moved to the spring. port,” said Sue Walsh, associate athletic director for sports medicine at DePaul.

“We have been testing kids even for super mild conditions that normally a kid would play with, but now we are testing

them immediately.”

In an interview with The DePaulia, Walsh went through the athletic department’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, and described what protocols

coaches and athletes must follow when on-campus.

According to Walsh, DePaul has been testing around 50 people for the virus, but men’s and women’s basketball — who currently get tested once a week — will start getting tested three times a week once the season starts in November.

DePaul uses the services of Innovative Express Care to test for the virus.

One of the reasons DePaul picked them as their Covid-19 testing facility was because they are within walking distance of the campus, according to Walsh.

“One of the reasons we went to them is because they are within walking distance because you don’t want to put an asymptomatic person in a vehicle,” Walsh said. “Rush is our team physician, but the issue was getting people there in a vehicle if they had symptoms. So we

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Red Stars defender Sarah Gorden earns USWNT call up

By Ernesto Hernandez Asst. Sports Editor

Vlatko Andonovski, the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) head coach released his 27-player roster ahead of the team’s training camp in Commerce City, Colorado.

Included in that list are a number of Chicago Red Stars players, including former Blue Demon Sarah Gorden. The

defender is headed back to the national team after being part of the USWNT Identification camp back in December 2019.

The training camp, which takes place between Oct. 18-28, features only domestic-based players as the dates fall outside FIFA’s international break, meaning club teams abroad are not obligated to release their players. Therefore, players like Tobin Heath, Chris-

tian Press, Alex Morgan, Rose Lavelle and Sam Mewis will not take part.

Gorden’s inclusion, however, has nothing to do with the fact that certain players are unavailable to Andonovski.

In a conference call with reporters, he made it clear that Gorden earned her selection through her performances the past few seasons. She earned her call-up.

“It wasn’t a surprise by any means,” said Annie Costabile, multimedia and Red Stars reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. “Gorden took her game to another level both mentally and physically in the last two years and the recognition by the USWNT is proof of that.”

Andonovski told reporters that it

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