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Consent the D ends, university issues cease and decist

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By Grant Myatt Managing Editor

Consent the D, the student-led movement aimed at raising awareness about sexual violence and consent, ended abruptly when the group was issued a cease and desist from the university. DePaul’s Office of General Counsel issued a cease and desist letter in response to the infringement on one of DePaul’s licensed logos, DePaul spokeswoman Carol Hughes said. “I’ve spoken to counsel about potential legal issues, and he does not believe that the university has a case,” said Randy Vollrath, a senior and founder of Consent the D. “I spoke with the dean’s office about the cease and desist letter. They were very supportive of me and the fight against sexual violence and in favor of a culture of consent.” He said Consent the D did not use DePaul’s logo or trademark and that their “D” design was original and “substantially different.” Vollrath announced the end of the movement in a video posted to the group’s Facebook page Nov. 4 and that T-shirt production halted as they “worked to address the issue.” According to the group’s ThreadMeUp page, 74 T-shirts were sold at $15.60 each, totaling to about $1,154. Vollrath said 50 percent of the profits will be donated to Rape Victim Advocates. However, with production costs, Vollrath said they expect to send a check for about $307.84. The movement was scheduled to end Nov. 9, and so those who had ordered shirts were not expecting to receive them for a few more weeks, Vollrath said. The movement stirred up conversation among students and others close to DePaul throughout the past weeks. “We know there has been controversy, but we consider the movement a great success,” Vollrath said in the video statement. “From the beginning we were fighting to create awareness of sexual violence and advocate for consent. Considering the attention and support the movement has received, we are happy to see more awareness and advocacy for the cause.” Adina Babaian, a sophomore and member of DePaul Feminist Front, said she knew that the movement would come to an end and figured there would probably be a

See CONSENT, page 5

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Burglaries, thefts lead all crimes on Chicago-area college campuses DePaulia Investigation For a 22-year-old DePaul senior, coming home from the gym to her Lincoln Park apartment on a late afternoon in September, the first sign of trouble was the furniture, normally neatly in place, scattered helter skelter around her bedroom. Then she checked for her engagement ring, left in a box on her bed. “I moved the clothes off my bed and realized the ring was gone. I covered my mouth and screamed a bit,” said Kristin, who did not want her last name used. “Then I realized I needed to be safe first.” Burglars had taken her engagement ring, a laptop and a new television set. One of her roommates, a 21-year-old DePaul senior named Danielle, said the experience left her badly shaken. “It’s such a violating feeling,” she said. For all the recent attention about sex crimes on campus, students at DePaul and other Chicago-area universities are far more likely to be victims of burglary or theft, according to an analysis of campus crime reports

and U.S. Department of Education Burglaries at DePaul have data. decreased by more than half since But crime also varies by school. 2011, according to data submitted Students at DePaul’s Lincoln Park by the Public Safety Department. Campus and at Northwestern Wachowski credited the more than University in Evanston are more 800 security cameras his department susceptible to burglary. At the has installed at the Lincoln Park and University of Illinois Loop campuses. at Chicago, aggravated In 2013, DePaul’s Lincoln But the 31assaults are more Park campus reported 20 year veteran troublesome. Loyola acknowledged certain criminals University Chicago burglaries. target campuses and the University of Chicago lead the college pack in motor throughout the Chicago area. “I call them college career criminals,” vehicle thefts. In 2013, DePaul’s Lincoln Park Wachowski said. “They go from campus reported 20 burglaries. college to college because they know Eighteen of those were non-forced, that students leave stuff lying around, meaning no one broke a window or so it’s kind of easy to take it from them.” Other college police and security pried open a door to steal. DePaul’s Public Safety Director officials agreed that, contrary to Bob Wachowski called those crimes Chicago’s reputation as a violent city of opportunity in which laptops, infested with gangs and guns, college cellphones and other items of value students here have more to fear from are left unattended. “What generally carelessness. happens is somebody will set (their At Loyola’s Department of Campus belongings) down for a few minutes Safety, Special Projects Sergeant Tim in the library or cafeteria. Somebody Cunningham said, “Students believe is going to pick it up and take it from you, I guarantee it,” Wachowski said. See CRIME, page 6

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Leaving students behind School funding formula widens gap bewtween rich and poor schools in Illinois By Molly Shiroishi Contributing Writer

Twenty-five thousand dollars could buy a sailboat, a new Toyota Prius, 25 flights round-trip from Chicago to Tokyo or a night in a Grand Deluxe room at the Trump International Tower, for a month. Yet $25,000 is also the difference in local tax revenue that one student in the Rondout School District in Lake County receives compared to one student in the Hardin School District downstate. That’s just one comparison that illustrated the concern that many have over Illinois’ confusing and unequal school funding formula, which relies heavily on revenue from local property taxes, thus allowing affluent districts to receive tens of thousands of dollars more per student. While the state addresses the funding gap through subsidies to some degree, it is not enough to offset the difference. Illinois districts on average only receive 26 percent of their funding from the state. Nationally, school districts receive closer to 53 percent from their states. As a result, Illinois is labeled by some education interest groups as the second-most regressively funded state education system in the United States. Such inequality is a concern with the Chicago Public Schools, where 85 percent of the student body comes from low-income families who could benefit most from a revised and more equitable funding structure. The funding challenges that exist within Illinois’ public education system were a central topic among state politicians campaigning in the 2014 midterm elections. Many have called for a formula reform to balance school district funding. The School Funding Reform Act of 2014 passed the state senate and is awaiting approval in the house. State Sen. Andy Manar introduced the bill. His plans would simplify how state dollars are distributed by using one weighted formula to prioritize resources in districts that need the most. “Illinois cannot have an island of schools that are well funded and a sea of others that are not,” Manar said when introducing the bill in April. “That is not acceptable to me as a legislator, and should be unacceptable to every member of the legislature.” Despite the push by Manar, however, the reform bill did not received positive feedback from Gov. Pat Quinn or his successor, governor-elect Bruce Rauner. During the gubernatorial campaign, Rauner outlined his

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) lead a protest on the closing of nearly 50 CPS schools in 2013. Many CPS schools are under resourced, especially in comparison to wealthier suburban districts. own school funding formula reform with the objectives of “an increase in overall state resources to reduce the impact on districts that receive less funding under a new formula” and “streamlined and consolidated funding streams.” However, he did not identify any specifics in his plan. On Nov. 4, Chicago citizens voted in support of a non-binding ballot measure to consider the population of at-risk students when calculating funding to create a more equitable distribution of funding dollars. The measure was supported by 414,333 votes (74.2 percent) and opposed by 143,717 (25.8 percent) with 2,046 of 2,069 precincts counted. Illinois currently uses a formula in which the state determines a minimum amount of funding each student needs to receive for an adequate education. However, this calculation is based off of the state’s general revenue funds, rather than an estimation that incorporates factors such as the increased cost of at-risk and impoverished students. The remainder of school funding is allocated based on local property taxes, which favors more affluent communities. In 2002, the Illinois Education Funding Advisory calculated a recommended per-pupil funding level that the General Assembly adopted. However, every year since its inception, the state funding level has failed to match that recommendation. The current state funding level at $6,119 per student has been the same since

2010 and is about $2,241 short of the recommendation for 2014. To make the situation even more challenging, Illinois’ educational funding has been falling. In 2013, the state was $518 million short for education, and districts received only 89 percent of the amount owed to them. Ben Hiromura, a 21-year-old student teacher at Newberry Math and Science Academy on Chicago’s North Side, said this funding difference prohibited some school districts from adequately educating students. “The inequity does not stem from the idea that money equals good education, because that assumption is not a correct one,” Hiromura said. “The unfairness comes from the overall ability of the district to not only function but to excel in reaching all of their students.” “School districts that have more capital allow for individual schools to meet the needs of their individual students … (while) children in low-socioeconomic neighborhoods are given insufficient resources,” he said. When districts that rely heavily on state funding lose that aid, schools resort to cuts in advanced programs, teacher salaries and operational tasks such as building maintenance. Steeper cuts include eliminating teaching jobs or closing buildings. Dan Gold, a teacher at Urban Prep Charter Academy Englewood, a CPS charter school, said he wanted to teach in Chicago

to help combat educational inequality and learn about the problems facing students with special needs in low-income communities. Gold went to Deerfield High School, part of an affluent school district in Lake County, and he made note of the differences

between the two schools. “The physical buildings are so different, so we can just start there,” Gold said. “In addition to that, Englewood barely has one computer lab, whereas I know all students at Deerfield carry personal Chromebooks.” This lack of funding for an adequate education for Chicago school district students has forced the school district to cut spending altogether on fire prevention and safety, municipal retirement and social security, transportation, operations and maintenance. Gold said one of the biggest obstacles his students face is just getting to school. “Chicago Public Schools do not provide funding to pay for buses, or even CTA cards for those students who do not have special needs that impair their abilities to travel to and from school,” Gold said. “Many of my students struggle just to find a way to school in the morning.” Chicago also has shortened elementary school days and discontinued 42 percent of elementary schools’ art and music classes to account for funding deficits, despite research that showed that longer school days and art and music education provided a beneficial boost in learning for at-risk children. “Clearly, something needs to be done to fix educational funding in Illinois,” Gold said.

Following the Money Per pupil operational spending by district • Township High School District 113 - $23,184 • Lake Forest High School District 115 - $22,917 • New Trier High School District 203 - $21,372 • City of Chicago School District 299 - $13,791 • State of Illinois average - $12,045 • Belleville High School District 201 - $11,516 • Grant Community High School District 124 $11,262 • O’Fallon High School District 203 - $10,716 • Bradley-Bourbannais High School District 307 - $9,292 BRENDEN MOORE | THE DEPAULIA

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Getting off the floor Students struggle to pay tuition in absence of higher minimum wage By Nana Aduba-Amoah & Amanda Crane Contributing Writers

For Chicago college students like Venice Adams, raising the minimum wage in Illinois is the only way to continue pursuing a college degree. Adams, a senior at Columbia College Chicago, works two minimum-wage jobs at $8.25 per hour to afford her tuition and student loans all on top of taking five classes this semester. “If the minimum wage was raised to $10 an hour, I’ll probably only get one job that could fund me through school. Plus, I’ll be more confident that I can find a better opportunity once I graduate,” she said. “The stress alone from juggling jobs keeps me less focused on school.” Adams is one of many Chicago college students and citizens throughout Illinois in support of raising the minimum wage. On Nov. 4, voters statewide voted 2-to1 in favor of a non-binding advisory ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour. The $10 wage is also favored by many legislators in the state General Assembly. However, governo-elect Bruce Rauner has taken conflicting positions on the issue, at times in his campaign voicing opposition to an increase, and in debates stating he supports an increase. Minimum wage has also become an emerging national issue. President Barack Obama proposed that Congress raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour in his 2014 State of the Union address. In May 2014, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel established the Minimum Wage Working Group to construct a proposal to raise the minimum wage in the city. The mayor introduced an ordinance which would raise the minimum wage in Chicago to $13 by 2018. This proposal has been stalled as the February mayoral election approaches. The mayor’s proposal noted that a minimum wage increase was necessary because rising inflation is outgrowing the current minimum wage. Federal statistics comparing the national minimum wage from 1938 to 2013 indicated that the value of minimum wage has declined more than 20 percent since the 1960s. In addition, the $8.25 minimum wage is failing to keep up with the cost of living in cities such as Chicago where the percentage of rent expense has increased to 31 percent from its usual 21 percent, according to the federal statistics. The mayor’s research found that about 31 percent of Chicago workers make less than $13 per hour, a demographic consisting mostly of women and minorities under age 25. Records from the Bureau of Labor Statistics also indicated more than half of the people making minimum wage in the United States in 2013 were under 25. The Social Impact Research Center released data in October that examined the effects that raising the minimum wage to $10 could have on minimum wagedominated industries throughout the state. The data showed that more than 1.1

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A referenda question that asked Illinoisans if the minimum wage should be raised passed with more than two-thirds support. million workers, or one-fifth of the Illinois work force, would be directly affected by the wage increase. The service industry would receive the most benefit from the wage raise with 36.4 percent of the workers affected having service-related jobs in the for-profit sector, according to the study. That’s crucial for the many Chicago college students working for minimum wage jobs. DePaul student Izzy Vielma, 19, attends class full time and works part time as a hostess. She said an increase to $10 per hour would provide her with crucial financial stability. “Living off of $8.25 is really hard,” Vielma said. “Ten dollars would make a big difference. I wouldn’t have to struggle making it week to week.” Carla Ramirez, a junior at the University of Chicago, works part time at Wendy’s and attends school full time. Although she values her education, Ramirez finds it difficult to balance her work and school life. “My boss is pretty understanding about my school schedule, so they’re flexible with time,” she said. “But there have been plenty of times where I’ve put off homework because had to work extra hours to pay my rent.” Ramirez said a higher minimum wage would certainly help her find a job she enjoys doing, allowing her to work stable hours while focus on her school work. DePaul senior finance major Sullivan Donahue views the wage increase to $10 as the opportunity for economic growth throughout the state. “Any time you can increase the purchasing power means higher spending,” Donahue said. “Direct cash flows into the economy.” However, Donahue is more hesitant toward Emanuel’s $13 proposal for fears of inflation in the Chicago economy. “If the minimum wage is at $8.25 an hour and they want to increase it to $13 (an hour) within a matter of years, I think that is too soon,” Donahue said. “We have the funds, it’s just the timing. We want to keep a balanced increase over time because if prices and wages become too volatile, we won’t get any spenders.” Nevertheless, some disagree that an

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DePaul student Izzy Vielma, 19, works part time as a hostess at a restaurant and bar. Because she is not 21, this is the only job she can have there, which only pays minimum wage. increase to a $10 minimum wage would actually help the economy. DePaul economics professor Michael Miller said raising the minimum wage could do more harm than good as it assumes the false reality that government knows the right price of labor based on individual need. Furthermore, most people under age 22 who are earning the minimum wage are receiving a fair price for simple job duties that do not require much talent. Miller said that raising the minimum wage would also raise expectations for those same job duties, and in turn create an employment competition that could hurt the people it’s targeting to help. “The government is giving away money based on need, but they can’t base wages upon an individual’s need. You can only base it upon what the worker does,” he said. When it comes to the needs of college students, Miller said students should keep minimum wage jobs that get them through school because with a degree, there’s a

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higher likelihood that they will make more money in the future. However, for college students like Adams, a higher minimum wage is probably the only way she will obtain her desired degree. “I eventually want to go to graduate school and get my master’s in social work, but I’ll have to stop school after my bachelor’s and work for a while to even save up enough money to afford a degree,” she said.

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Metra fare increase to effect commuter students By Samantha Rivera Contributing Writer

DePaul students who use Metra should expect to pony up as the commuter transit agency announced that it will increase its fares by an average of 10.8 percent as early as this February. The transit service based this proposal off plans to modernize, as well as cover its traditional business needs. The fare increase will specifically be covering a debt service that will help fund the modernization plan, estimated to be worth $2.4 billion. “(It is a) plan in which we announced to try and fund two of our priorities; one is to pay for a safety system called Positive Train Control that we’re required to put on our trains by the Federal Government,” Michael Gillis, a Metra spokesman, said. “The other component is to buy new cars and locomotives.” According to the Association of American Railroads, PTC is a highly advanced set of technologies designed to stop or slow down trains to prevent certain accidents, such as collisions between trains and excessive speed that causes derailment. Over the next decade, Metra will issue bonds four times, worth $100 million each, to help cover the total estimate.

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A Metra train leaves Downtown Chicago. The suburban rail division of the Regional Transportation Authority announced a fare increse of roughly 10 percent that will take effect as early as February. The fare increase should offset this number, according to the commuter service. About another $700 million would be received from the Federal Government, also over the next decade, through an allotment for which they are granted every year. The other $1.1 billion is currently up in the air, as the agency is aggressively looking

for other financial sources. “Such things are unnecessary,” Raeanne Radusewicz, a DePaul senior, said. “I do not think they have student commuters in mind with this increase.” Metra will bring back the one-day grace period for monthly passes, in which the first day of every month will still accept the

CONSENT continued from front page trademark issue with DePaul. Feminist Front was one of the groups on campus that was not happy with the movement. “We were upset that because this is an issue that groups on campus having been focusing on for so long,” Babaian said. “He had not reached out to the community and had not made any attemwpts to have discussions about the shirt. He clearly wasn’t educated on the issue and because he was male, it was automatically more praised because of his gender.” However, Vollrath said many different people were involved with and supported the movement. “Some journalists characterized the situation in such that DePaul was divided about the T-shirts on the basis of gender … and this couldn’t be further from the truth,” Vollrath said. “Countless women, men and survivors supported the movement.” Despite criticism, Vollrath said there were many students that supported the movement. “I had substantial support leading up to the movement and initially,” Vollrath said. “I think the opposition used a lot of strong language and while many supporters maintained their support, they felt attacked and criticized and were more hesitant to be as vocal about their support as they were initially.” Also, Vollrath said he decided to use Consent the D, a project he came up with months ago, as the topic for his honors thesis. “I had been working on the movement for a few weeks and I wanted to commit myself 100 percent to making the movement successful,” Vollrath

said. “Meanwhile, a deadline was approaching to make a decision on what to write my honors thesis about. The honors thesis will be a retrospective analysis of the extent to which the movement was successful using social entrepreneurship literature.” Although throughout the whole process Babaian wanted to hear recognition of the other side from Vollrath. “His response didn’t acknowledge why people thought Consent the D was a negative movement,” Babaian said. “(He) had been approached by activists on campus telling him that the shirts had triggered victims and survivors of sexual violence. And although he seemed to initially respect that, he was seen the next day wearing the shirt, which shows a direct disregard for the people they were supporting.” All the disagreement was not something that Vollrath initially expected with the movement. “I was puzzled a bit a first that there was so much controversy, because I thought we were fighting for the same cause,” Vollrath said. “I think the opposition had an established platform by which to make their views heard loudly, and we weren’t expecting that.” But with all the feedback and additional media coverage, Vollrath said the process taught him a lot. “I would just say that it was very frustrating to see my words misconstrued by people who probably did understand the message and had an incentive to create a controversy,” he said. “It shouldn’t have blown up into what it did.”

previous month’s pass. Though these fares are still expected to increase anywhere between 10.9 and 18.6 percent, depending on one’s zone. For Radusewicz, this means having to dedicate more money from her student loans to her transportation costs. And that’s only if she has any left over after

book expenses. She takes the train five days per week just to attend class. “I may have to start commuting via Pace and CTA,” she said. “Seeing as this expense is paid for by my tuition and is much cheaper.” Radusewicz is not alone with this issue as commuters make up a majority of the university’s student population, with many requiring Metra’s services. “I take the train every Tuesday and Thursday,” sophomore Alexis Rocha said. “The reason why I fit four classes in one day is because I commute to school, and in order to save money, I want to limit the amount of times I ride the train.” Still, Rocha believes Metra is only acting in accordance to the best interests as a business. “It’s not Metra’s responsibility to accommodate to my budget needs,” she said. “I understand Metra is a business, but I do wish they would be a little bit more considerate (of student commuters).” She does admit she’s unsure of how she will be paying for this increase, but is determined to make it work. Metra’s board members will come together on Nov. 15 to make a final vote on the decision.

Airplane noise plagues NW side, suburbs Residents vote in favor of new measures to alleviate airport noise by O’Hare By Julian Hayda Contributing Writer

Airplane noise at O’Hare International Airport continues to be an issue for residents on the Northwest Side of Chicago and the adjacent suburbs that a politician risks becoming unelectable without campaigning on a platform that condemns it. Unfortunately for the residents of the northwest suburb of Norridge, the issue may have stalled with some politicians before getting off the ground. The tiny suburb, whose unofficial motto of “island in the city,” sits fewer than two miles east of O’Hare. In October 2013, The city of Chicago opened two new runways at O’Hare placing approach paths over Norridge. The runways now handle most of the airport’s wide-body jets, which are the noisiest aircrafts. “They never had any town hall meetings in Norridge, Harwood Heights or anywhere near the affected area — that’s one of our main arguments with them,” said Norridge Village President James Chmura after a recent Village Board meeting. “It’s actually illegal.” In the past year, candidates for local office, including Chmura who was elected last spring on a largely anti-airport noise platform, have been inundated with demands to somehow mitigate the noise. On Nov. 4, voters in seven Chicagoland municipalities heavily supported ballot initiatives to restrict or control airport noise. In Norridge, citizens voted 90 percent in favor of an airport fly-quiet period. In Chicago, 78.4 percent supported the creation of airport noise contours to better control flight paths and subsequent jet noise. Some residents suffering from airport noise even demand a total demolition and reversal of the decade-long airport expansion

project. Mike Quigley, the recently re-elected Democratic Congressional representative from Illinois’s fifth district, established the Quiet Skies Caucus with 11 other House Democrats facing difficult re-elections. One of the caucus’ goals is to demand FAA public hearings before embarking on airport expansion, a main complaint of communities such as Norridge. However, congressional caucuses, not having the authority of a committee, have little regulatory power over executive agencies. Another of the caucus’ goals is requiring the use of noise monitors near airports to measure rises in noise levels. This is the only recommendation that the City of Chicago has taken seriously in appeasing Norridge and its neighbors, with plans to erect one of eight new noise monitors within the village’s borders. However, as one Norridge citizen expressed during the village board meeting’s open podium, “the noise monitors are just going to tell us that it’s gotten noisier.” Rep. Quigley’s office did not respond to repeated requests for comment. For Chmura and the rest of the Village of Norridge, every option is not off the table. Supporters are still hoping to have the airport introduce quiet hours at night, or have the FAA bankroll sound insulated windows for Norridge residents. Chmura said the village has more leverage with federal and airline regulatory bodies than other legislative bodies because the moderately wealthy community connecting O’Hare with the rest of the city is forced to live with the reality of O’Hare airport noise every day. Chicago agreeing to provide Norridge with a noise monitor is a sign that the village has won a small victory, and can possibly leverage more than those higher up the legislative ladder. “Good things are happening,” Chmura said.

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they’re more likely to get robbed at chainsaw point on campus than their cellphone being taken by another student. But they’re much more likely to be victims of a nonviolent, nonconfrontational crime, such as theft.” No major Chicago area campus reported more thefts than U of C in the Hyde Park. Already this year, the university’s daily police log recorded 177 thefts, classified as nonviolent crimes. But violence against students does occur with some frequency on and around campuses in Chicago. UIC, on the city’s West Side, reported more aggravated assaults than any other major area university. In 2013, according to Department of Education data, 33 aggravated assaults took place at UIC. That’s down from 49 in 2012. Nonetheless, UIC students are more likely to be victims of violence than most other Chicago college students. UIC police officer Craig Moran blamed a surge in the number of bars on Roosevelt Road, which splits the campus. “With the increase of bars and students, there is an increase of crime,” Moran said. “Especially because the students like to walk home late at night, instead of taking a taxi. This makes them targets.” At Loyola and U of C, the targets are more likely to be cars and motorcycles parked on surrounding city streets. At U of C’s Hyde Park Campus, about 25 vehicles are stolen from nearby streets each year, according to federal crime statistics. Already this year at Loyola, the college reported eight vehicles stolen from its North Side Campus. But not all are cars and motorcycles. Those numbers included college golf carts, scooters and even motorized wheelchairs. Cunningham blamed student pranksters: “All of them have been used in joyride situations, whether students took them and drove them to their apartment or to the beach or to the bar,” Cunningham said. At all Chicago campuses, students and security officials agreed that despite the surge of publicity about sexual assault, the crime is very likely underreported because many victims remain reluctant to come forward. Consider the case of a 19-year-old Northwestern student attending a party on campus the night before the Oct. 3 home football game against Wisconsin. He said many students were drinking. The man, who did not want his name used, said he was raped by a Wisconsin student. The victim’s lips appeared scarred and bruised from when, he said, the alleged rapist bit his lip. “I bled all over his mouth and face.” But the student did not report the incident because, he said, he did not have time for a lengthy police investigation and court case. A former DePaul student Hailey, who also did not want her full name used, said she was pulled to the ground by a stranger in an alley near her dorm room one night on the Lincoln Park Campus in September 2013. “He was a larger man and had rolled on top of me where I had put my purse in the hopes he would just take it.” Instead, Hailey said the man, “started ripping my tights, so I began to scream.” The man fled. The student said she filed reports with DePaul’s public safety and the Chicago Police Department. Hailey said the DePaul security officer, “could not have been sweeter.” But, she said, the Chicago police officer lectured her “about what I was wearing” and that “I was a girl walking alone.” No charges were ever filed. In 2013, the five major universities (DePaul, Northwestern, U of C, Loyola and UIC) reported only 38 sex offenses to the federal database. U of C reported the most, followed by Northwestern, Loyola, UIC and DePaul. In 2013, after rising concern about sex crimes on campus, the Department of Education added stalking to crimes colleges must report. Among Chicago area campuses, Northwestern reported 16 stalking cases and DePaul, 13.

The crime data is mandated by the Clery Act, a 1990 federal law that requires all colleges and universities to track crime on and around their campuses if they want federal scholarship money. The law is named for Jeanne Clery, a Lehigh University student who was raped and murdered in 1986. In Chicago, where many college students live off campus, concerns about crime include buses, trains and transit stops. The Jackson CTA Red Line stop has been ranked No. 1 overall for thefts in the last five years, according to data compiled by NBC Chicago in January. The stop has the most reported platform thefts in the entire CTA system, at 414 thefts. “I’m not surprised,” DePaul student Darian Duchan said. Duchan has had his own experience with crime at the Jackson Red Line platform. “Someone opened my girlfriend’s backpack as she was going up the escalator and stole her pencil pouch, probably looking for something valuable,” he said.

However, the CPD is working with CTA officials to reduce crime on the CTA. In July, the CTA reported a 34 percent reduction in violent crime since 2013. Robberies and thefts also dropped, according to city officials. In a statement, they credited increased undercover operations and “the huge expansion of CTA’s bus and rail surveillance camera network to more than 23,000 cameras.” Police and public safety officials at all the colleges agree students can do more to avoid being crime victims. On the CTA, DePaul’s Wachowski advised, “Act confident all the time. Have eye contact with people. Criminals don’t like to be identified.” Officer Moran, of the UIC police department, warned students to follow their gut feelings. “If you feel like something is wrong, then there probably is. Get out of the area, and go somewhere safe.” And Loyola’s Cunningham echoed the recommendations of all: “Don’t leave any of

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Professors go off script with Second City By Parker Asmann Copy Editor

Tonight, we’re going off script. A clear lack of structure littered the floor as DePaul Philosophy Professor Pete Steeves threw down his notes for the evening and introduced the audience to The Scholar’s Improv, embracing the improvisational atmosphere. Organized by the DePaul Humanities Center with five DePaul professors showcased along with a troupe of improv comedians from Second City, the professors were put to the test and forced to lecture on topics they were entirely unaware of until they stepped on stage. Although audience members originally expected the professors to be working with topics they knew nothing about, the topics that unfolded were all disappointedly in areas that the professors were well-versed in. However, Steeves and Pete Parsons, lead organizer of the event from the

Second City troupe, made sure the pictures accompanying each slide were bare and far from what the professors expected to see. Matthew Girson, Greg Scott, Lexa Murphy, David Degras-Valabregue and Rick Lee were the lucky DePaul professors chosen to improvise the lectures. Professors had eight minutes to maneuver themselves and the audience through an entirely unplanned PowerPoint, improvising the whole lecture and providing some comic relief for the audience along the way. “We’re all involved with improvising every day,” Steeves said. “Students are rigorously improvising a homework assignment they forgot to do, a test they forgot to study for, or just class time in general. We wanted to shift those roles around and see professors doing the improvising.” Between each DePaul professor’s lecture, the professional Second City comedians performed different skits on stage. From going off of topics and time

periods picked by the audience, to utilizing a list of phrases the audience provided before the event started, the Second City cast was left with plenty to work with, wittily incorporating various comedic components into their skits. Though the Second City comedians generated the most laughs and applause throughout, many of the professors had students in attendance who appreciated witnessing the discomfort that accompanies an unplanned lecture. Jordan Weber, a senior English and philosophy major at DePaul, mentioned how he enjoyed seeing one of his own professors, Rick Lee, up on stage, thinking on his feet and trying to make it through the improvised lecture. “I thought it was a nice event, it was cool to see scholars and I guess something you don’t typically think would be paired with them like improv,” Weber said. “It was nice to see professors have to work on their feet and think in different ways.”

To round out the event, the Second City improv troupe partnered together with the professors and acted through a freeze frame-type skit. While two or three of the professional comedians started the skits, those not involved were expected to step in when the word “freeze” was said, taking the place of one of the other people in the scene. When stumped with nothing to say, both the professionals and the professors had the opportunity to pick up phrases from the floor to piece together their scenes. As expected, what the skits lacked in comprehension was made up for with irony and laughter. As a loud round of applause echoed steadily throughout the third floor of the Student Center, a wave of relief washed over the professors as they exited the unfamiliar world of improv and entered back into the comforts of academia.

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10 15

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12 14

LOOP CAMPUS Daley Building

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Belden-Racine

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19) A criminal trespass to property warning was issued to an

LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS OCT. 29 1) A criminal damage to property report was filed for wires pulled from equipment at the College of Education.

OCT. 30 2) A theft report was filed for an unattended phone taken from

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

NOV. 1 11) A possession of cannabis report was filed for an offender

the Schmidtt Academic Center.

in University Hall. Offender was taken into custody by Chicago police.

3) A theft of bicycle report was filed for a bike taken from the

12) A theft report was filed for boots taken from a room in

4) A theft report was filed for an unattended iPhone taken

NOV. 2 13) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was

rack at The Theatre School.

from the Schmitt Academic Center.

5) A theft report was filed for items missing from a student’s

wallet. Student does not know at what location the items were taken.

OCT. 31 6) An intoxicated person report was filed for a man found in

and out of consciousness at the Student Center. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital by Chicago EMS.

7) A battery report was filed for an anonymous victim who

was punched in the face by a homeless person at the Fullerton ‘L stop.

8) An aggravated assault report was filed for two offenders pointing a prop gun at Public Safety Officers.

9) A domestic battery report was filed for an incident in Belden-Racine Hall.

Centennial Hall. There was no forced entry into the room.

filed for an offender in Belden-Racine Hall. Offender was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital by Chicago EMS.

14)

A domestic battery report was filed for an incident in Centennial Hall.

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

16) A weapons violation report was filed for prohibited items in a room at Munroe Hall.

NOV. 3 17) A sexual assault report was filed on behalf of a student

by a university employee. The location and time of the assault were unavailable at the time of report.

18) A criminal damage to property report was filed for graffiti on the back of the Ray Meyer Fitness Center.

individual on campus.

20) A domestic trouble report was filed for an incident in the Sanctuary Town Homes.

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OCT. 29 21) A reckless conduct report was filed for a person in Radio Shack who was struck in the head by an offender. Offender was taken into custody by Chicago Police.

22) A theft report was filed for a student whose wallet was taken from Campus Ministry.

OCT. 30 23) A criminal damage report was filed for graffiti on the loading dock of the Lewis Center.

24) A disorderly conduct report was filed for a person causing a disturbance in the DePaul Center.

OCT. 31 25) A criminal trespass to land report was filed for a person sleeping on a couch in the DePaul Center.

NOV. 3 26) A criminal damage report was filed for graffiti on the south wall of the Lewis Center.

27) A criminal damage report was filed for graffiti scratches on a window in the Lewis Center.

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Whole Foods on its way, slowly but surely By Deanna Shilkus Contributing Writer

Students have been traveling near and far to find the sparsest of grocery stores, but their struggles are all about to end when Whole Foods opens up on campus in February 2015. This will be the second Whole Foods store in Lincoln Park. Last October, Whole Foods announced it would purchase a portion of the closing Dominick’s stores in the Chicago area. The Texas-based grocery chain, however, would need time to renovate the locations before they were ready to open. This means a convenient stock of produce and goods will be immediately available for students again. While there is no specific date set as of yet, according to Whole Foods Market specialist Allison Phelps, the store will determine a date later on based on how renovations are going. The first floor will feature graband-go items, such as coffee fruit and yogurt parfaits. There will also be a window facing the outside on Fullerton Avenue for customers to grab coffee and other items on the

go for a quicker purchase. This will replace the Starbucks that was part of the Dominick’s that once occupied the corner of Fullerton and Sheffield avenues. Helena Duecker, who lives on campus, is excited for the new store to open, despite what it may do to her bank account. She has been an avid Whole Foods shopper since her mom started bringing her to the store in high school. “Their products are so high quality that you definitely get what you pay for,” Duecker said. In the meantime, without a grocery store close, Duecker has been shopping at Trader Joe’s on Clybourn Avenue. She knows that when Whole Foods opens, she still cannot do all her shopping there. “I know students are probably upset because it is so pricey,” Duecker said. “But it might be a nice place to sit at night and have dinner throughout the week.” In fact, its wine and beer bar will be the perfect destination meeting spot, according to Phelps. “People can come in and rest, relax and enjoy being in a great atmosphere,” Phelps said. However, a red flag to students is still the cost. Senior Denise Bergdahl also

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The forthcoming Whole Foods on the corner of Fullerton and Sheffield avenues. The grocery store, expected to open in February, will replace Dominick’s. lives on campus, but prefers to buy most of her meals at the Student Center because she is required to have a meal plan. If she does go shopping, it’s definitely not at Whole Foods. “I can’t believe how expensive (it) is,” Bergdahl said. “I will only shop there for emergency situations. Otherwise, I will be going to cheaper stores like Aldi.” However, convenience just might conquer all. “Dominick’s didn’t have a great selection of produce or healthy

options, but it was cheap,” Duecker said. “I’ll actually probably do most of my shopping at Whole Foods because it’s so close.” “I like that I will finally be able to access healthy food,” Duecker said. “I believe fair trade is important, and Whole Foods carries a lot of fair trade products. I believe their mission is good by not allowing certain ingredients.” Besides offering natural, organic foods, Whole Foods features a 365-brand that is sold at a cheaper price. Phelps recommended this for

college students on a tight budget. Phelps’ goal for the new store location and its surrounding community, including DePaul students and local residents, is to serve the neighborhood and fulfill their needs. “Whole Foods looks to cater to its communities with services that include sustainable healthy eating habits,” Phelps said. “We want to provide healthy eating to students who are learning how to be on their own and make their own choices about eating right.”

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By the end of the 2012 elections, Democrats were riding a momentous wave. President Barack Obama won reelection by a fair margin. Democrats won seven of the 11 governor seats up for grabs. Although Republicans retained House control, Democrats gained two seats in the Senate to slightly widen their hold there. Flash forward to Nov. 4 2014. Riding a nationwide wave of anti-Obama rhetoric and Democrat fatigue among voters, the GOP found overwhelming success in close races. Republicans claimed governorships in Democrat strongholds. The GOP House majority widened to one of its largest advantages ever. And Republicans finally claimed the once-elusive Senate majority needed to control Congress. This last aspect has perhaps the farthest-reaching policy consequences. Gridlock had already been adamant in the last few years of the Obama administration, as the Democrat-majority Senate was repeatedly used to block House legislation that Democrats found unpalatable. Now this buffer is gone, and dynamics will certainly change. Throughout Obama’s last few years, he will likely face numerous pieces of legislation that run counter to his goals. He will then have to sign or veto any bill that comes across his desk. Pundits are wondering what common ground will exist between Obama and the new Congress, especially in a polarized political climate. “Both sides of the aisle have strong polarizing factions, but on some issues they’ll eventually have to compromise,” Nicholas Kachiroubas, a visiting DePaul public service professor versed in the field of the presidential administration, said. “If they give in to polarizing factions all the time they’ll never get anything done, and you have to wonder how much the public will willingly take.” Because of the checks and balances between the two branches of government, there is likely to be an interesting negotiating dynamic between the two parties when it comes to passing legislation. “Congress could choose to repeal, say, Obamacare. Of course, Obama would veto the repeal, but Congress has the full budget authority to defund many parts of the program,” Kachiroubas said. “Much of the future jockeying will likely revolve around

the budget books. What may happen is that Congress will say, ‘We’ll fund these parts of your programs if you preserve these pieces of legislation without veto.’” Of course, there is also the possibility that extreme gridlock would prevent any major legislation from being passed until the next presidency. In that case, some of the onus would shift toward executive order, which encompasses the set of lawbacked actions that the president could take without Congressional approval. No provisions in the U.S. Constitution explicitly govern executive orders; however, Supreme Court decisions over the years have established that such actions can only help to administer and facilitate existing legislation, not create them. This is subject to wide interpretation, as well as wide potential for lawsuit if Congress believes these actions overstep their bounds. “Historically, the president has always (used executive powers) more often with a divided Congress,” Kachiroubas said. “However, the president doesn’t have the unilateral right to do whatever he wants.” So far, Obama has enacted 193 executive orders versus 291 for George W. Bush and 364 for Bill Clinton. An example of a notable Obama executive order included ordering the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct gun violence research, which falls under his right to direct a federal administration to conduct previously mandated research. It’s important to remember, however, that executive order is not as sweeping as bipartisan creation of legislation. With the new political climate, one may only speculate as to how this will occur. “People do get irritated by division, but it’s important to remember that this is historically common and that unified government often doesn’t exist,” Kachiroubas said. “While gridlock does slow things down, legislation that does make it through will have gone through negotiations and may involve multiple perspectives. The result could possibly be a better end product.” “The question, of course, is how long gridlock will happen, and for what issues people in Washington will be willing to cooperate on,” Kachiroubas said.

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A look at various policy fronts

TUITION Reform This remains a serious issue, as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that nearly 39 million borrowers continue to carry more than $1 trillion of federal student debt. A few policies have been passed on this front. For instance, in 2012 the Obama administration was able to pass the Pay As You Earn program to cap loan payments at 10 percent of certain debtors’ monthly income, and executive order earlier this year extended the program to an additional five million borrowers. Additionally, in August 2013, Obama announced a plan to establish a federal ratings system for universities. Federal funding for schools will then eventually be tied to how schools rank, in an effort to get colleges to spend more efficiently. However, little progress has been made since on this front, as funding changes require bipartisan legislation. It remains to be seen

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By Kevin Gross

Majority

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Republican midterm gains have sweeping policy ramifications

what executive orders or legislation, if any, will be announced in the near future. Immigration Reform Immigration has been a hot button issue over the past year. Animosity from Latino constituents has surrounded failed efforts to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM), which would provide permanent residency to certain criteria meeting immigrants who arrived as children and studied here or served in the military. Considering that impactful legislation stalled even with Senate support, this is a likely realm for Obama to act unilaterally with executive power. “I would act in the absence (of a congressional solution),” Obama said Nov. 5, “And take whatever lawful actions that I can take that I believe will improve the function of our immigration system.” In 2012 his administration authorized

President Barack Obama speaks after the elections. Due to harsh Democrat losses, some wonder if he'll rely on executive powers for policymaking in his final years. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which protected some migrants who would qualify for DREAM from prosecution. Similar efforts may ensue: Vox Media predicted that deferred deportation might be expanded to protect certain groups, such as migrants with children. However, barring bipartisan legislation, it will be impossible to expand the possibility of citizenship for undocumented migrants. “I don’t know of any precise measures or proposed bills out there, not even from (Florida Republican Senator) Marco Rubio,” Elizabeth Martinez, director of DePaul’s Center for Latino Research, said. OBAMACARE Doomsday conspirators need not fret. As Kachiroubas previously said, Obama can veto attempts to completely dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and the Republican Congressional majority does not encompass a two-thirds majority

needed to override a veto. What’s more likely is Congress will chip away at portions of Obamacare. There are certain Obamacare aspects that Democrats don’t support: Illinois Senator Dick Durbin expressed willingness in 2013 to repeal the Medical Device Tax, which taxes equipment providers to provide revenue for insurance costs. This could be early on the chopping block as Democrat support could give the numbers needed to override aveto on portions of Obamacare. Furthermore, political ramifications of Obamacare may go beyond policy implementations. Sarah Kliff from The Washington Post reported, “The vote share of Democrats who supported health care reform was 5.8 points lower than that of comparable Democrats who opposed the bill.” Forcing Obama to veto Obamacare repeals, although accomplishing nothing in policy, could be a symbolic gesture that garners Republican support for 2016.

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Jaren Rodriguez, 20, at a rally in Tijuana, Mexico, organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance that hopes to bring families back to their homes in the United States. He was brought to the United States when he was four and graduated from high school in San Jose, Calif. He later self-deported in an attempt to legalize his immigration status.

Child, not alien, migration

By Parker Asmann Copy Editor

As tears swelled in their eyes and they fought back the emotions creeping in, Raquel and Alexis Cervantes couldn’t understand why their parents were sending them to the United States for high school after having just completed their secondary education in Baja California Sur, the second smallest state in Mexico. However, they knew it was for the best. “That was a really hard time for us,” Raquel said. “Being 14 years old and leaving our parents behind to go to high school and live with a family friend in Chicago, in a whole new country with only one suitcase, we didn’t exactly feel prepared.” Now 22 years old, the twin sisters are part of a global crisis of children migrating from their homelands in Latin America to the United States. According to a report conducted by the United States Customs and Border Protection sector of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, more than 38,000 unaccompanied children under age 17 were apprehended at the U.S. border in 2013, and more than 55,000 have been apprehended since. In addition, the Pew Research Center recorded that of the thousands of children fleeing Latin America, 16 percent were under age 12. Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico were among the top countries sending unaccompanied youths to the United States. Elizabeth Martinez, a DePaul professor and director of the Center for Latino Research, sympathizes with these children as her family has personally experienced the trials and tribulations of immigrating and trying to find a sense of belonging in a foreign land. “These children are not ‘illegals,’ they’re refugees who

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A person demonstrates at a pro-immigration demonstration in Washington, D.C. arrive at the border saying, ‘Here I am, help me,’” Martinez said. “They’re not sneaking across and hiding, I feel citizens of the U.S. are blind to the reality of what really happens at the border.” According to the United Nation’s International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol placed standards on the way adult and children refugees are treated when entering a foreign land. Any child with a “well-founded fear of being persecuted” is considered a refugee. With that, children claiming refugee status cannot be forced to return to their country of origin and are ordered to receive the same handling in primary education and general treatment as any national citizen. From fleeing violence, social injustice and gang activity, to striving for a better education and a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their families, immigrants have ventured to the United States

for various reasons. Luckily for the Cervantes sisters, they fled for the opportunities awaiting them. These two sisters have been shown the brighter side of immigration, which has allowed them to gain dual citizenship and travel back and forth between Mexico and the United States. They have also become college educated here in Chicago at DePaul University. The sisters are both double majoring in Art History and Architecture — something they would not have been able to study in Mexico — while also gaining a wellrounded understanding of their native country and the one that so closely borders it. “We know a lot of people (who) fled horrendous situations. Thankfully for us, we were living comfortably, but our parents knew that the United States could provide us with the educational opportunities that Mexico couldn’t,” Alexis said. While the Cervantes sisters’

father is entirely of Mexican decent, their mother was born and raised in Chicago after her parents, originally from Mexico, migrated to the United States for work and more opportunities. The sisters obtained dual citizenship right away, making their journey back and forth from the United States and their home in Mexico easier than most immigrants. Mexico’s Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recorded that in 2011, about 65 percent of 15 to 29-year-olds were not involved in any form of education, and 24.7 percent of people in that group were neither employed nor participating in educational training. However, the Cervantes sisters said that, although Mexico’s primary and secondary education may be lacking, their higher education is extremely competitive, just specialized. “Coming to the United States gave me a chance to study what I was interested in when I came

here to DePaul,” Alexis said. “We just didn’t have as many options in Mexico; it’s not that it was any worse, there were just more choices here.” With the number of child immigrants from Latin America growing steadily, schools in major entry cities have experienced difficulties finding adequate space to accompany them and their educational needs. Most recently, National Public Radio featured the city of New Orleans and how it has seen a surge of child migrants coming to the city, forcing them to scramble to find enough funds to support them. All too often immigrants are portrayed in the mass media in a negative and dehumanizing light. A report by the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford concluded that immigrants were widely portrayed negatively through the use of terms such as ‘illegal’ and ‘alien’ being used to describe them. Despite negative portrayals, the Cervantes sisters have battled to undo that notion and embrace their Mexican heritage, while demonstrating how beneficial it is to have obtained dual citizenship. “I feel freer here, I can identify as both Mexican and American,” Raquel said. “I think too often immigrants all get grouped into this category of being criminals and trying to take what Americans have, but people migrate for all kinds of reasons.” Among all the violence and hardship stemming from Latin America, the Cervantes sisters have focused their attention on letting people know how much immigration has allowed them to grow and experience new things. “When you think about it, the U.S. was founded by immigrants, and people shouldn’t be afraid of Mexicans and other Latin Americans coming to the United States,” Raquel said. “Just because they’re leaving their homes doesn’t mean that they’re bringing all of that with them across the border.”

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Opinions

Sustainability in the Student Center DePaul's ‘eco-friendly’ dining services on campus leave much to be desired By Heather Slawny Contributing Writer

DePaul boasts its eco-friendliness as numerous compost bins surround the Student Center. Chartwells Catering Service, DePaul’s dining service company, is equally enthusiastic about these bins. The company’s website boasts that it has been composting at DePaul since 2012. The process involves the food being put into clear waste containers, which are picked up by an EPA-certified waste management company and sold in local hardware stores. However, peering over the edge of one of DePaul’s compost bins reveals images of napkins, plastic utensils, and Styrofoam plates and containers. Chartwells said employees are aware of their “impact on the communities in which (they) do business and on the environment,” yet, they constantly utilize harmful resources and leave minimal remedy for the issues. Potentially obsolete compost bins aside, the primary substance for plates and the only substance for to-go containers is Styrofoam, one of the most environmentally harmful materials available. Used in the Student Center for its light weight, this petroleum-based matter is infamous for the astoundingly long time it takes to decompose — up to millions of years, according to the Earth Resource Foundation. DePaul offers no means of recycling Styrofoam. So that plate you used yesterday is sitting in a nearby dump, sentenced to

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DePaul's dining service provides many options for students to dispose of waste. However, many students questions whether the waste goes where it is supposed to. millions of years of unproductive rotting. During this time, an animal will likely be harmed trying to eat it. If not, the Earth Resource Foundation said the Styrofoam would produce “troposapheric ozone,” an incredibly harmful pollutant. “Toxic chemicals leach out of this product into the food it contains,” chemicals that “threaten human health and reproductive systems,” according to the Earth Resource Foundation. We eat off this stuff every day.

A receipt is printed for every purchase made at our dining services. Plastic cups are just slightly too big for the bottles and cans recycling option and are more often than not tossed into waste. Bins for compost are riddled with napkins, receipts and Styrofoam. The dishwasher runs, empty. But, fear not. Chartwells focuses on “recycling, resource conservation, and waste reduction,” which ensures that “the resources we use today will be available for future generations.” Thank goodness.

Though the environmental sustainability of our dining service is certainly lacking, we’re not hopeless. Joe Arcus, Student Government Association Senator for Sustainability, said he and the SGA are taking steps to improve the situation. Arcus said SGA is aware of the enormous Styrofoam issue, and said that they will soon “be replacing most of the Styrofoam used in the Student Center with biodegradable containers, which will decompose in landfills and won’t leave a lasting mark on the environment,” he said. In the meantime, it’s imperative that students remain environmentally aware of their actions. Arcus said while most DePaul students “make the conscious effort to be more sustainable by recycling their waste,” many students “may not always know what to recycle or where to recycle it. Our university’s sustainability rests on the awareness and actions of students, supported by our facilities and operations. Student action is key.” Chartwells hasn’t been perfect, and SGA is doing everything it can. But the only possibility of our school improving its eco-friendliness is in the hands of the students on campus. The extra second it takes to walk a plastic bottle to a recycling bin, rather than throwing it in with other waste, could make all the difference. The key to being less environmentally harmful isn’t making enormous, drastic changes in our lives. We only need to start by being aware.

DePaul up in smoke from failure to enforce city ordinance By Noah Levitin Contributing Writer

It has happened to all of us at one point in our academic careers at DePaul. While trying to enter the SAC, students are often unable to walk to their classes because of cigarette smoke in front of what is supposed to be a fresh air zone. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health surveyed more than 14,000 students at 119 colleges nationwide. Asking them to report on their lifetime use of tobacco, one-third of those students reported that they smoke. This statistic is staggering. Fr. Edward Udovic, secretary of DePaul, discussed the smoking policy on campus, and what could be implemented for DePaul to enforce stricter rules on smoking. “City ordinance is what mandates the area of smoking,” he said. “The Arts and Letters Hall is obviously one of these areas, and students gather there before classes. Students caught smoking within 15 feet or less of the building are in violation of the 15-foot ordinance that has been mandated by the city of Chicago for all academic buildings.” Despite this fact, many stu-

dents ignore this city ordinance. Udovic said he wants to propose some possible solutions to this problem. “On university property, we could be more stringent, but sidewalks are public property. There should be a mandate to legislate a 20-foot no-smoke zone, and to strictly enforce the 15-foot policy,” he said. With signs posted on academic buildings, it’s evident that DePaul is trying to prevent smoking from occurring outside the mandated area. “In Chicago, there is a policy citywide that schools are required to post signs and make them visible,” DePaul senior Dan Olsen said. However, students who are avid smokers need to make an effort to be more conscious and considerate of those around them. “It’s hard to have a security officer there to mandate the signage on buildings,” Udovic said about enforcing the 15-foot nosmoking policy. “Having a public safety officer constantly on guard 24/7 just wouldn’t be feasible. It’s the students’ and faculty’s responsibility to be more courteous toward each other.” Everyone has the right to a

clean campus environment, and I do not want my health jeopardized by secondhand smoke. We have the right to clean air and a smoke-free environment. It is not feasible to legislate an area for smoking because there is so much public property near by. A 15-foot mandate will not contain the smoke in an enclosed space. Smoke travels, bringing its putrid smell with it. Second-year DePaul student Rachel Wassaf said she cuts through The Quad as an alternative route to class to alleviate the smell of cigarette smoke “It is bad in front of the Arts and Letters Hall,” she said. Another route is to utilize the library and the SAC link. This situation is easily fixable. However, the students and administration must first take it seriously. University legislation needs to mandate and enforce the citywide academic ordinance, which mandates where students are permitted to smoke. Smokers in violation of the city ordinance should be held accountable by a fine. Those who do not smoke should not have to be subject to inhaling dirty, secondhand smoke, and this campus issue should no longer be ignored.

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Smoking on DePaul's campuses is very common among students. The city ordinance mandates the areas of smoking.

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Ebola epidemic: We can’t operate out of fear Consent the D By Darartu Mohamed Contributing Writer

in retrospect By Sam Schwindt

The Ebola virus has left thousands in West Africa, specifically Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, fighting for their lives. These countries lack the human and infrastructural resources needed to overcome the rapid spread, resulting in thousands fatally infected. But they don’t lack the resources to overcome Ebola on their own because they are located in Africa. Their lack of resources stems from their emergence of lengthy wars of conflict and instability in the region. Liberia, the leading nation of those Elaine Thompson | AP infected by the Ebola virus, has resorted to Medical workers wearing protective equipment surround a simulated patient during reaching out to foreign aid. a demonstration for media members on their training for working with possible Ebola Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf patients. said in a letter to the world, “When people are at their darkest hour, humanity has an transmission of Ebola. The Centers for the proximity of Chicago to Dallas. amiable ability to act with bravery, compasDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) “The world sees the continent of Africa sion and selflessness for the benefit of those reported that Ebola is mainly transmitted by instead of many individual nations in one in need.” family members in close contact with those vast continent,” Derise Tolliver Atta, a coSirleaf announced this two weeks ago infected, health officials caring for Ebola director of the trip, said. “We can’t operate while the World Health Organization patients and most recently, funeral home out of fear. We aren’t able to see clearly to (WHO) declared the outbreak of internaworkers dealing with the burying rituals make decisions that are in our best interests.” tional concern in August. Two months later, of those fatally infected. Transmission can To help cope with the disappointment international donations have so far fallen occur through coming in contact with blood of the cancellation, Atta encouraged her well short of the amounts requested by U.N. or body fluids (urine, saliva) of a person sick students to seek information for themselves, agencies and aid organizations. with Ebola. But the disease is hard to transand be able to sensor the facts from hysteria. Why are we so hesitant to help? Why are mit early on. The Ebola epidemic shouldn’t be an those helping treated indecently? New Jersey People are also afraid. For 20 years, issue only for West Africans. Liberia, Gov. Chris Christie ordered that nurse Kaci DePaul has taken students to Ghana on Guinea and Sierra Leone are not the only Hickox be confined and quarantined in a a study abroad trip. Because of the Ebola ones affected. We shouldn’t respond to the tent for three days after her return from epidemic, the university found the trip to epidemic with fear, but with compassion Sierra Leone. A tent won’t help, let alone be too much of a liability and canceled the and humanity. This doesn’t include senseprevent, Hickox and others from Ebola. The trip, despite the fact that not a single nonless quarantines, but meaningful aid and answer to why the uninfected are hesitant medical visitor had been diagnosed with research. The best way we can treat Ebola is to help is their lack of knowledge about the Ebola. Ghana is currently free of the Ebola to educate ourselves and understand that the virus and compassion for those infected. virus and always has been. The proximity of severity of this epidemic is beyond ourselves. There are many misconceptions of the Ghana to the infected countries is similar to

DePaul’s ad campaign hits the mark By Brendan O'Brien Contributing Writer

For many of us, we may not pay attention to countless advertisements on the ‘L’ trains traveling to and from class. But with DePaul University’s new Big Data advertisement campaign, thinking about enrolling in graduate school may be more salient to students. The university is starting to use advertisements that stress the importance of being able to use “big data.” Displayed on various ‘L’ rail cars, phrases such as “Be Big Data Fluent” allude to graduate programs at DePaul for data science. Zoe Krey | The depaulia This advertisement campaign is effecDePaul's new ad campaign can be seen at various 'L' stops throughout the city. tive because the ads portray DePaul as a tech-savvy school. A Chicago Business Journal article said people’s lives are becom- sity that prepares students for a 21st century students to be able to support companies by understanding what is most important to data-driven world,” she said. ing more dependent on technology. So it’s the companies’ target audiences. An article Though these advertisements grab our logical that the university would recognize from TechRadar, a website concerned with attention, some may wonder why DePaul that students should be able to use technoltechnological advancements, said big data places emphasis on big data. To put it ogy to make sense of a large amount of data. involves sorting through countless amounts simply, big data will help with getting a As a public relations and advertising of information to understand trends of a job. Bongiovanni also said being able to student, I need to be able to understand company. The data sciences program at understand and utilize big data would give how to make sense of big data. With DePaul will give students the ability to proDePaul students valuable skills that would DePaul’s emphasis on data sciences, I know aid companies in understanding trends for cess massive amounts of data for companies I would have an opportunity to gain a valuproducts. to see what products work and don’t work. able skill for an expanding, technologically “Firms cannot find enough skilled talThis advertisement campaign has taken dependent world. a topic that may seem dull, and revamped ent to fill these roles, which rewards those Visiting professor of the College of it into a marketing campaign concerning who possess the desired skills with the pick Communication Eva Bongiovanni said this necessary skills in the job market. With our of the job market, ” she said. “DePaul, via campaign marketed DePaul students as world slowly turning into one that will place these data sciences programs, is educating tech-savvy students who can comprehend a huge emphasis on understanding data, our students to be exactly those people who large amounts of data. DePaul’s new advertising campaign seems have the pick of the job market. ” “This campaign firmly positions DePaul more relevant and effective than ever before. An understanding of big data allows as a forward-thinking 21st century univer-

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In the Oct. 27 issue of The DePaulia, an article explored the prosexual consent movement on campus called Consent the D. The movement ended when founder Randy Vollrath posted on the group’s Facebook page Monday, Nov. 3, announcing the end of T-shirt production and the movement. At a glance, any grassroots effort designed specifically to promote consent before a sexual encounter makes sense. In a study on the official website for the White House, it was stated that one in five women has reported being sexually assaulted while in college. Yet, further reflection leads one to question if the Consent the D movement was the best approach to highlight the importance of consent before sex. The chosen phrase had shock value, but it was inappropriate for the issue at hand. It also did not accurately represent what I believe to be the real problem: sexual assaults on college campuses regardless of sexual orientation. Consent the D, or in other words Consent the Dick, can be interpreted as a command rather than a choice. DePaul freshman Emily Thompson said, “I think the intentions were in the right place, but the message was worded poorly … It sounded like a command. It seemed like it was forcing a female to consent to a male, which is probably the opposite of what they were trying to do.” The movement may have been well-intentioned, but the approach was questionable, and at the very least, not representative of all people on college campuses. The movement left out a specific group of people who are often victims of sexual assault —the LGBTQ community. Allison McCracken, a professor of American studies at DePaul, voiced concern that the slogan promoted rape culture and male domination. Consent the D “limits the definition of sex in general to that which involves a penis, and that is, indeed, heteronormative,” McCracken said. “Honestly, the original DePaul slogan for ‘Fear the D’ might be more on point.” Noah Barth, president of Act Out, an LGBTQA activist group at DePaul, was also frustrated that the movement had no relation to the queer community. Barth said, “As a movement that is raising awareness for sexual assault, I find it problematic that it completely excludes and devalues the voices and experiences of those who have experienced other forms of sexual assault.” Any sexual contact or behavior that occurs without prior consent is considered assault. Consent the D ignored key issues in relation to sexual assault by excluding the queer community from the movement, and by making the slogan analogous to commanding a male or female to consent to the dick. In the future, student groups need to work together to be as informed and tactful as possible when trying to create awareness about the issue of sexual assault. While being well-intentioned, Consent the D was certainly not very well-informed.

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

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Focus

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GRANT MYATT | THE DEPAULIA After a tight gubernatorial race against Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner was elected governor of Illinois Nov. 4. Rauner won 50.8 percent of the vote. Rauner celebrated his victory at the Hilton Towers Chicago in the South Loop. Rauner and Quinn also beat out Libertarian candidate Chad Grimm, who obtained 3.4 percent of the vote.

Governor-elect Bruce Rauner (R-Winnetka) called for bipartisan solutions to the state’s problems as he declared victory last week in the state’s gubernatorial contest against incumbent Pat Quinn (D-Chicago). By Brenden Moore News Editor

With most votes counted, Rauner, a wealthy venture capitalist, has a 49-45 percent edge against the governor in what was considered one of the hot gubernatorial contests in the country. Rauner won every county in the state besides Cook, where heavily Democratic Chicago dominates. “This election is about bringing back our great state.

This is a victory for our taxpayers who need to have a lower tax burden. This is a victory for our workers who deserve to have a booming economy,” Rauner said. “This victory is for our students, our children who deserve the best schools in America,” he said. “And this is a victory for our citizens who deserve a government without corruption and giving term limits on our elected officials in Springfield.” Throughout the campaign,

Rauner ran against Springfield and its perceived corruption, tying Quinn to imprisoned predecessor Rod Blagojevich as well as powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), who’s held that position for all but two years since 1983. The governor-elect, however, struck a conciliatory tone, as well by mentioning how the state elected a divided government that would have to work together to find solutions. “The voters have chosen to have a divided government, not so we can fight, not so we can bicker, not so we can get angry with each other,” Rauner said. “But it’s to find solutions, bipartisan solutions to solve the problems of Illinois.” This, however, is still very much in question. Despite Rauner’s victory, Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) maintained veto-proof majorities in their respective chambers of the

legislature. This effectively limits Rauner’s ability to enact his agenda while ironically putting him at the mercy of Madigan, a man he made the poster child of everything wrong with state government during the campaign. Though Rauner tried to link the governor to Madigan, Quinn himself was often given the cold shoulder by the speaker with many of his initiatives being either delayed or not even considered. Quinn, however, is determined to act on an important principle of his campaign before leaving office by signing an increase in the minimum wage into law. This came as the somber-looking governor conceded the race the day after Rauner declared victory. “I really look forward to working with the legislature in the time I have left as governor

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PERCENTAGE OF PARTY VOTES

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While Rauner won the overall election, he lost Cook County by a large margin, gaining only 33.7 percent of the votes. Libertarian Chad Grimm also gained more votes outside of the county, as he only had 2 percent of the vote in Cook County, but 3.4 percent overall. The only county Quinn won was Cook.

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Registered Voters 1,368,708

Total Population 2,718,782

PROPORTION OF VOTER TURNOUT The overall population of Chicago is more than 2.7 million, yet only 642,231 voters took part in this year’s midterm election, even though there were more than 1.3 million registered voters within the city.

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(R-Ill.), former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Glenn Poshard, Rev. James Meeks, Pastor Corey Brooks, and most notably, Bill Daley, President Obama’s former chief of staff as well as the brother and son of two former Chicago mayors.

What issues should we expect to be taken on? An issue the incoming administration will have to deal with right away is the income tax situation. Barring no action, the five percent individual income tax as well as the 7 percent corporate rate will roll back to 3.75 percent and 5.25 percent respectively on Jan. 1. Though Rauner has expressed his desire to get rid of the Quinn-passed increases completely, Democrats and even some Republicans agree that the state would not be able to handle the loss in revenue given the dire condition of state finances. In an interview on “Chicago Tonight”

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AGE OF CHICAGO VOTERS The youth vote in this year’s midterm election was the lowest turnout of all age ranges. The largest voter turnout for age group is 55- to 64-year-olds.

Courtney Jacquin | The DePaulia Source: Chicago Board of Elections

to get that job done,” Quinn said. “I think it’s an important mission for all of us to do right by people who work hard, who work 40 hours a week, who do everything according to the rules — they shouldn’t have to live in poverty.” Despite the approval of Quinn and a supermajority of voters, it is not clear if this will get through during the legislature’s lame duck session. Spokespeople for both Madigan and Cullerton have been noncommittal. Besides the minimum wage, Quinn essentially said that he will leave other matters such as the budget and taxes to the new administration. To begin the transition, Quinn appointed his chief of staff to serve as a liaison to the incoming administration, while Rauner has appointed members to his transition team. Headed by his Lt. Gov Evelyn Sanguinetti, others aiding in the transition include former Governor Jim Edgar

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before the election, Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka (R-Riverside) likened it to giving the state a heart attack. Credit agencies have also said that it could further hurt the state’s already teetering bond rating. Rauner’s camp has talked of phasing out the rate over time to prevent the shock that the loss in revenue would ensue. Any action on taxes will be retroactive, however, as Democrats have indicated that they will not take the politically risky vote to extend what was supposed to be a temporary tax increase until the governor-elect is in office. Another priority thrown at Rauner right away will be a budget proposal, which he is required to submit by the third Thursday of February. While the pension reform bill was signed into law last year, the state still faces a structural deficit and a backlog of unpaid bills. Though Rauner has been short on specifics so far, one point

Courtney Jacquin | The DePaulia Source: Chicago SUN-TIMES

he emphasized in dealing with these problems was an overhaul of the state’s tax code. Regardless, the economy and state finances will be the main items on the governor-elect’s to-do list.

Postscript: How Rauner won (or how Quinn lost) Looking at the map, Illinois looks really really red. Just by looking at it, once may assume that Rauner won in a landslide. It’s a little more complex than that, however, as Quinn won in 2010 with a similar-looking map, believe it or not. What really did Quinn in was a mix of low turnout in Chicago and an extremely poor performance in the collar counties. The governor did not need to win the counties surrounding Cook County (he didn’t in 2010), but he needed to keep Rauner’s margins down, which he quite obviously could not.

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Arts & Life

Major: Viral videos DePaul students and alum are big on YouTube Junior digital cinema major Blake Grigsby has a viral video — or three — to his name. His first massively viewed prank video, “Trust Fall Attack,” was followed by “Kiss Me I’m Desperate,” clocking upward of 16 million views. “Drive By Compliments 2” even earned him a quick press tour, including a spot on “Fox and Friends.” Though this recognition leads to further opportunities, Grigsby doesn’t dwell on it. “A lot of the Internet is luck,” he said. “It changes overnight.” If anything, the precedents place importance on the quality of his videos, pushing original ideas to extreme levels, and endorsing positivity. The response he receives is mostly encouraging — he’s in this for the laughs — but the line between prank and offense can get blurry and threatens to raise questions when someone such

as Sam Pepper, who sexually assaulted women for a prank, becomes a headline. Grigsby emphasized the importance of representing himself well online, both for his sake and for the image of Chicago and DePaul. Although finding the time to dedicate to school and a budding YouTube career proves to have its difficulties, Grigsby said attending DePaul has been his best decision. “DePaul has afforded me the opportunity to meet incredible people and make connections,” he said. Faculty and students are often part of his video creating, and he often films on campus. When talking about his videos, Grigsby said “we.” He is always highlighting his enthusiasm for collaboration and the team behind him. “If I can share that outlet with students, that’s what I want to do,” he said.

ILIANA RAYKOVSKI Madi Thomas, a dynamic, loud-voiced sophomore studying Public Relations and Advertising, started her YouTube channel in the same vein as many vloggers — out of loneliness and an unearthed creativity. While attending business school on the East Coast, Thomas said the environment was stifling, and YouTube became her creative outlet. Now at DePaul, she’s finding her footing in the community. It hasn’t always been easy. A large section of YouTube is made of collaboration channels in which different content creators come together, making themed individual videos every week. Thomas was chosen to join one of these channels. Though it was exciting at first, the experience turned into a competitive power struggle. “I didn’t start YouTube to get famous,” she said. “So I left.”

Fast forward and Thomas is now part of VidTown Collabs. It happened organically, and a lot slower. The result is being part of a channel with a good dynamic, invitations to the famed YouTube Space, and a progressing future. “YouTube success should be a goal,” she said. “But don’t let an almost intangible, romanticized notion of Internet fame drive you.” Thomas also sees her channel as a portfolio, and hopes for it to aid her in pursuing a career blending cinematography and advertising. She recently relaunched her channel, comprised of carefully edited vlogs with original twists on trendy videos and satirical news segments. Thomas also dabbles in photography and producing short films. “I want to try everything creative if it’s accessible,” she said.

By Alyssa Girdwain Contributing Writer

The world of YouTube runs deeper than minute-long cute cat videos. Call it a cultish, virtual Hollywood, but DePaul students and graduates are using the platform to create quality content, build audiences, craft a persona and launch a career in entertainment. A prankster, vlogger, and beauty guru sound off.

Main channel BlakeGrigsby2 Subscribers 306,981 Video views 26,178,629 Watch him for Pranks, scripted shorts and social experiments Most notable video “Kiss Me I’m Desperate” (16 million+ views) Also appears on MEM

You’ve probably sat on your laptop watching a girl with perfect skin apply eyeliner. But you won’t find any TopShop hauls on this channel: Iliana Raykovski isn’t the typical beauty guru. Raykovski graduated from DePaul in 2013 after studying Political Science — quite the departure from smokey eyes and skin care. From the ashes of an attempted fashion blog and a push from friend and YouTube giant Lauren Elizabeth came “That Gibson Girl,” a channel of beauty videos with quirky editing and silly commentary inspired by the 1890s satirical illustrations of the feminine ideal. The educational element of her videos comes from endorsing clean products simultaneously safe for the face and the earth. The

BLAKE GRIGSBY laughs come from her satirical voiceovers and adopting zany characters who watch more like skits than tutorials. “I enjoy creating random, comedic characters who drive home a bigger message. I figure if you’re going to have a point of view, it should be delivered in a way that is amusing and entertaining to watch,” she said. Though her channel is “still a tiny little tadpole,” she is dedicated to building an audience and a strong brand. “Today’s times call for selfcreation,” she said. “You create who you want to become. I’m creating myself, and ultimately my career, one three- to fourminute video at a time. That’s the beauty of YouTube.”

Main channel That Gibson Girl Subscribers 29,124 Video views 512,810 Watch her for Beauty commentary Most notable video “How to Apply Liquid Eyeliner” Also appears on Polished, AwesomenessTV

Main channel TheMadiThomas Subscribers 163 Video views 3,180 Watch her for Weekly themed vlogs, weird news segments Most notable video “Best Friend Challenge” Also appears on VidTown Collabs

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BUTTON BATTLES Users and designers debate merits of ‘hamburger’ menu By David Byrnes Contributing Writer

The evolution of digital media design, like any form of evolution, is a messy process. Forms are created, tested, refined, destroyed and created again — and no one innovation or feature is safe from the Darwinian razor. Take, for example, the “hamburger button.” That little icon with three lines which, in many mobile devices, serves as the shortcut to settings, site navigation and display options. Along with the Facebook “F” and the Twitter “T,” it’s become one of the semiotic hallmarks of the smartphone era. But for all its popularity, not everyone loves it. Some even want to remove it from design systems completely. In an article posted earlier this year, Josh Constine of TechCrunch.com declared the hamburger button “the devil” and urged all digital media professionals and Web designers to cease using it. His argument was that the button is unintuitive, lazy and inefficient — and there may be some truth to his claims. “The hamburger button is not

the best system,” Patrick Meehan, an interactive and social media student at DePaul, said. “It’s not as interactive as, say, a tab menu or settings wheel.” Interactivity, in this sense, refers to how easy and fun it is for users to navigate a website and absorb its information. Typically, pressing the hamburger button pushes aside or subsumes the home screen, forcing users to sacrifice one menu for another. Tab menus and wheels, on the other hand, involve a graphical icon appearing on screen; users can access the menus they need while still navigating the site proper. There’s also the matter of the hamburger’s iconography. The button is, in theory at least, supposed to resemble a bulletpoint list. And while some incarnations do, others look like, well, a hamburger: three stacked lines. There are zero indicators to suggest that it is the “site navigation/menu” button. For older generations and people not accustomed to digital media, it can be obtuse. “Even I get confused by it

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Some user experience designers say that the hamburger menu is unintuitive, lazy and inefficient. sometimes,” Web designer Sean Cannata said. “It’s not always clear what it does for a particular website or app.” “For older people especially, tool tips (options) are essential,” Meehan said. The hamburger button is not without its defenders, however. Denise Nacu, a professor at DePaul’s College of Digital Media, said though it is an arbitrary symbol, it’s no different than any of the other arbitrary symbols people have learned over the years. “It’s just a convention,” she said. “Users will learn how things work by operating them. The triangle iconography for the play button is a great example of this. If it’s the first time I’m using a video

player and I press the button with the play icon, I see that it plays and now I know what it does. I learn to associate that symbol with that experience.” It’s also important to remember that the hamburger can serve as a “cheat” button, allowing designers to grow their site’s versatility without having to pay for expensive, complex features like a graphics menu or finger swipe. And though it may not be as user-friendly as other navigation options, Meehan said it is an effective way to make sure that the rest of the website or app remains streamlined. “The important thing to consider is how much screen space you have left,” he said. “The hamburger button lets you

dedicate the rest of the site to content, without tabs taking up screen space.” With that in mind, it seems likely that the hamburger button is here to stay — at least for the time being. Differing philosophies to design, resource availability and debate over visual representation of data will keep it off a digital chopping block. But it is far from perfect and, more importantly, it is a form in an evolutionary arms race. If the processes that led to its creation are any indication, its future is far from certain. “The job of a UX designer is to take the experience, identify the problems, and then implement solutions to those problems,” Meehan said.

Chicago Humanities Festival hosts famed poet By Jordan Sarti Staff Writer

As part of the decorated Chicago Humanities Festival, American poet Eileen Myles read at the Poetry Foundation Nov. 2. Myles has published more than 20 volumes of poetry, memoir and narrative since the 1980s. Her most recent book, “Inferno: A Poet’s Novel,” is about a young female writer living in New York City. Myles’ style is irreverent and dynamic, embracing a sort of modern stream-of-consciousness. Novelist Dennis Cooper described her as “one of the savviest and most restless intellects in contemporary literature.” She is currently working on a memoir, “Afterglow,” about her dog, along with a compilation of new and selected poems from 1975 to 2013, titled “I Must Be Living Twice.” The Poetry Foundation’s historic reading room was filled to capacity with more than 100 guests in attendance. Myles was introduced as a writer involved with connecting art to its social reality, “on the margins of public and private.” Informal in her casual clothing

and thick Boston accent, she began to read from a selection of poems before giving the audience a preview of her upcoming novel, “Afterglow,” which she received a Guggenheim fellowship to complete. “This is one of those times when I thought, ‘Wow, I’m writing a beautiful poem,’ ” Myles said of her poem, “And Then the Weather Arrives.” “And then I put the word ‘f—ing’ in it and thought, ‘It won’t go in The New Yorker!’ ” Myles’ narration was fluid and personal; the snappy nature of her poems created a stand-up comedy effect. The audience was engaged, punctuating her every line with a laugh, gasp or smatter of applause. She read three poems from different periods of her life and then launched into her explanation of “Afterglow,” which she described as a “dog book.” Myles explained “Afterglow” as a project she began after the death of her pit bull Rosie in 2006. She packed Rosie’s belongings into a box that had been forgotten until she moved years later. She then took out each item and wrote about it as if in a catalog. She described her association of Rosie with her father, who died years earlier of alcoholism. The

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Poet Eileen Myles showcase her latest book, “Afterglow,” on Nov. 2 at the Chicago Humanities Festival. passage she selected to read was one in which she and Rosie were in a conversation describing a sort of tapestry. “Remember, this is the dog speaking,” Myles said playfully. “Afterglow” is poetic, complex and challenging. She waxed poetic about cadet blue, the rich history of the shade

and its eventual adoption by the United States Postal Service. The motifs of mail, letters and dogs continually appeared. “The last good thing about letters was cursive. Cursive was a photograph of the nerves of the writer,” Myles read. Her vibrant oratory style stunned the audience. When she

finished theatrically dropping each finished page to the stage’s floor, listeners erupted in applause. She took one question about her writing process. Myles said she had to “trick herself ” into writing through a series of prompts or routines. Myles’ dog memoir “Afterglow” will be released in 2015.

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Warm meals and memories DePaul community members share their family recipes Shannon Suffoletto

Director of Health Promotion and Wellness Shannon Suffoletto created a way to bring food and friends together with a staff cookbook. She asked staff members send three recipes and a personal story. “The story along with the recipe was a way that we would learn about each other and have a great cookbook,” Suffoletto said. She shared a banana bread recipe that her grandmother would make. “I loved being able to share a recipe that meant so much to me growing up. ” Suffoletto said.“Food is a great way to learn about people and to come together.” “I made the banana bread recipe, and I am going to try and make the fudge recipe for the holidays,” Suffoletto said. “No, not all the recipes were healthy.”

Noah Levitin

Sophomore Hanukkah is a holiday spent with family time and food. For the Levitins, this means get out of Bubbe’s — the term of endearment Levitin uses for his grandma — way so she can prepare her traditional Russian and Polish dishes. Bubbe cooks everything from scratch, which sometimes means cooking two days before the holiday. “Bubbe is the matriarch of the family. All of her food is premade but from scratch,” Levitin said. “She slaves over the stove, assuming the position of head honcho in the Levitin family.” Some of Bubbe’s traditional and favorite dishes include kugel, (a noodle dish made of ricotta cheese and raisins) brisket in brandy sauce, latkes, sufganyot (Yiddish for jelly donuts), and her famous matzoh ball soup. Every time Bubbe sees Levitin, holiday or not, she brings this shared mandel bread recipe to Levitin and his family. Though she will not share her sacred bread recipe, passed down from her mother, she will share her latke recipe.

Veronica Quintero

Junior Christmas Day for the Quinteros means a lot of work, at least from the women and children. Cooking begins bright and early and is not ready until midnight. “The women and children in my family spend all day slaving for tamales, and we wait and wait to eat them until we burst at midnight,” Quintero said. The Quinteros make two types of tamales: beef and cheese. “The kids eat the cheese because they are kids and of course they are picky,” she said. Although time-consuming, there is never a dull moment during the cooking. The classic Christmas tunes playing in the background compete with the arguing and playful jokes of the women and children. “The kids find bugs in the corn husks while washing them and cause shinanigans with one another throwing bugs” Quintero said. When asked about the men’s role in the festivities Quintero joked about the men being lazy and not taking part in the cooking. When midnight comes around, a satisfying mix of presents and tamales are opened. This routine is not new for the Quintero. “It has always been this way: My extended family of 10 or 12 people working on tamales and everyone being happy,” Quintero said.

Banana bread

2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter 3/4 cup brown suger 2 eggs, beaten 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Latkes

6 potatoes 2 eggs 2 table spoons of flour (uses more than that often) 1 teaspoon of salt pepper to taste 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1. Wash and peel potatoes. 2. Cut potatoes in quarters. 3. Place cut potatoes in food processor until they are shredded, but not completely decimated.

Tamales

15 dried corn husks 2 large poblano peppers 1 standard recipe of tamale dough 8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, shredded Salsa verde, to serve 1. Place 12 husks in a large bowl, cover with hot water, and weigh down with a plate to keep husks submerged. Soak until soft and pliable, about 2 hours; drain. Peel remaining husks into thin strips. 2. Place poblanos directly over open flame and char until blackened on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer to large bowl, cover with plastic wrap, steam 10 minutes. Using a paper towel, peel skin from peppers. Remove stems and seeds; coarsely chop.

2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into a prepared loaf pan. 3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center.

4. Put the potatoes in a colander to drain the excess water and ensure firmness for the frying process. 5. Add the eggs, flour, salt, pepper, potatoes and baking powder in a bowl. 6. Put ¼ of an inch of oil in a pot and drop the potatoes into pan and fry them. 7. Let them brown on one side and turn them over once to make sure they are not soggy. 8. Serve with apple sauce, sour cream or any other preferable condiment.

3. Place a corn husk in your flattened palm. Pinch 1/4 cup dough with other hand and press into center of husk to make a 4-by-3-inch rectangle. 4. Press 1/4 cup cheese and 2 tablespoons chopped poblanos into center of dough. Close palm to seal edges of dough and place on a clean work surface with a long side of husk facing you. Roll husk away from you to form a tight log. Fold stem end of husk over and tie with a strip of corn husk. Twist thin end of tamale and tie with another strip of corn husk. Repeat this process to form remaining tamales. 5. Insert a steamer basket inside a large pot with 1/2 inch boiling water. Place tamales in basket, cover pot, and steam for 1 hour, checking occasionally and adding hot water as needed to prevent scorching.

Sam Schenk

Resident Director of Corcoran and McCabe Halls Christmas time warms Sam Schenk up not only from her grandma’s traditional homemade quiche, but also from the memories of Christmas at her grandma’s house. Her grandma would host a large Christmas gathering beginning early in the morning. “(The quiche is) really easy to make, quick, and feeds a lot of people. She could make tons of them.” Schenk said. “It was warm cheesy goodness, kind of comfort-y because of the Bisquick, and combined with the presents was just amazing.” After her grandma died, it became more difficult to have large family gatherings. “I asked my mom to continue to make the quiche, and it is something that is a comfort food for me and makes me think of my grandma,” Schenk said. “Whenever I am feeling sad and want to be reminded of home or when I have holiday parties here at DePaul for residential education, the quiche is my go-to dish.”

Quiche

1/2 pound sliced mushroom 2 cups of milk 1 cup of shredded cheese (swiss or cheddar) 4 eggs 1/3 cup of finely chopped onion 1/2 cup Bisquick baking mix 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon thyme (fresh is best) 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Lightly grease 9- or 10-inch pie plate.

3. Sprinkle mushroom, cheese and onion evenly atop bottom of pie plate 4. Place remaining ingredients in blender, cover and blend on high for 1 minute (or whisk by hand until mixed well). 5. Pour into pie plate. 6. Bake until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean (50 to 55 minutes). 7. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting. 8. Refrigerate leftovers.

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BONN-VOYAGE Trains, planes & automobiles: 4 tips for traveling abroad

By Megan Deppen Senior Writer

After almost three months, I’ve flown, bused, driven (or rather, been driven) and stayed in various accommodations across Europe. Studying abroad brings the world to your fingertips; all you have to worry about is getting there, and more importantly, deciding where to go.

Traveling makes the world seem a little bit smaller. But after picking a destination, the next step is to figure how how to get there.

Step 1: Choose a destination.

Besides being drawn to the main attractions of any destination, the first realistic consideration for any trip is the cost. When traveling internationally, are you faced with the reality of currency exchange rates. For an American looking to go anywhere in the eurozone (where for every euro you pay $1.24 U.S. dollars), that can mean a costly trip. There is, however, a difference between countries that are part of the European Union and countries that have been allowed to adopt the euro currency. Many Eastern European countries such as Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Romania haven’t been approved for the eurozone, but are part of the EU. This means they uphold the same standards as other EU countries, but have retained their fairly weak currencies. So far, I’ve traveled through Budapest and Warsaw, the capital cities of Hungary and Poland. One dollar gets $247.60

Hungarian forints and $3.40 Polish zlotys. On both trips, I spent a fraction of what a weekend would have cost me in the eurozone, and the history, architecture, art, culture and food were in its own way as phenomenal as Paris and Cologne.

Step 2: Find a place to stay.

The most popular accommodation for students in Europe is a hostel. Often they are incredibly cheap and have been known to introduce you to a collection of interesting people. They have a much better reputation in Europe than in the United States, but I wouldn’t recommend staying in one alone, and they should always be treated with caution. Hostels typically offer their guests a bed in shared rooms with other guests. Some hostels offer private rooms with shared bathrooms, and there are hostels reserved specifically for young people. Some even serve breakfast. I have been lucky enough to have free accommodations with people I knew in the cities I visited. This has saved me loads of money on meals, transportation and

tourist expenses. Perhaps the best means of accommodation is with the friends and family of friends you make while abroad. When I planned my trip to Paris, however, I didn’t have a contact there. I wanted some place private and secure to stay, so by someone’s recommendation, I looked into Airbnb. People rent out rooms and apartments in cities all over the world for a fraction of what it would cost at any hotel. For Paris, I searched for apartments within my budget on Airbnb and browsed a map for available rooms in the areas I was looking for. Once I compiled a list of potential apartments, I filed through the reviews of each, paying attention to the safety of the neighborhood, local public transportation, cleanliness of the room and friendliness of the host. I contacted a host I liked, received an immediate response and then paid in advance online. When we arrived in Paris, our host handed us the keys and the place was ours. Considering we stayed in one of the most expensive cities in the world, we didn’t spend too much. We saved money by making food bought from the local grocery store and packing lunches for days of sightseeing. Staying with Airbnb brought us outside the expensive tourist areas and allowed us to glimpse what life was like in a typical Parisian neighborhood. This is the case with all other cities using Airbnb, and if I get the chance I will use them again.

Step 3: Find a way to get there.

Planes are the fastest way to get anywhere, but they will almost always be the most expensive. Some ways to avoid the expense is buying tickets far enough in advance, or using sites such as Momondo to compare different airlines. With Momondo you can also view charts that detail the cheapest times, days and months to buy tickets. Airlines such as Ryanair are renowned for cheap flights, but watch out for loopholes. For example, you may have to print boarding passes at home before a flight; otherwise you could be looking at a fee larger than what you paid for the ticket. The most popular means of transportation for students in Europe is the train. Intercity trains run just about everywhere, and they travel at lightning speeds.

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I made the 300-mile trek from Cologne, Germany to Paris in just more than three hours for a reasonable price. Rather than being dropped off at an airport on the outskirts of the city, the train brought me right into the city’s center where the bountiful means of public transportation awaited. Perhaps the cheapest option for traveling across Europe is the bus. Like the train, you don’t have to worry about food, drink or many luggage restrictions that you would on an airplane. Buses naturally take a longer time than the train or plane, so it is important to factor time into your trip and make sure it is worth the money you saved. The final means of popular transportation in Europe is the rideshare system. Blablah Car is one of many websites that allow drivers to offer rides to people traveling all over Europe. First, you contact the driver, then you agree to drive together and finally the payment is made in cash when you meet. Drivers are reviewed by some of their riders, and they rate themselves as either an intermediate or expert driver. When we booked our BlaBlaCar, we looked for an older driver with a five-star rating. The price was a bit cheaper than the bus, and the promised arrival time was sooner. A note of caution is that BlaBlaCar is made up of individual people and is not run by a company. When we planned to meet our driver in Warsaw, we found out that he had changed his plans, couldn’t get ahold of us, and we had to improvise to find another way home. The snafu resulted in a pricy, last-minute plane ticket and a vow to always double, triple and quadruple check with the driver on the days before departure.

Step 4: Be prepared for anything.

When traveling, always make sure you have your passport, photocopies of your passport and plenty of money with you in case something goes wrong. We kept these things hidden on us at all times, and we were wary of pickpockets. Some may say the beauty of traveling is in the mishaps that happen along the way. But the best piece of advice I can give is to have resources available and always travel with someone dependable.

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‘LET’S DO IT OURSELVES’

Film captures young journalist’s journey By Alondra Valle Contributing Writer

In 2009, after the Iranian people’s favorite contender for the president, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, lost in a landslide to radical conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, chaos ensued. The period that followed became one of the most important in Iranian history. The Green Revolution took the streets by storm, and protests and demands for a recount followed. Both the citizens of Iran and the militia used violence as a tactic. Among the outraged citizens, Maziar Bahari filmed the events as they unfolded. A young Iranian journalist from Canada, Bahari made a name for himself by becoming one of Newsweek’s most respected journalists. He was entrenched in Iran for quite some time and knew the dangers that came with the job, especially when reporting from the Middle East. But nothing could have prepared him for what was to come.

In Jon Stewart’s debut film as director and screenwriter, “Rosewater,” Bahari’s memoir “Then They Came for Me” is brought to life as the film follows Bahari through his four months in prison on false accusations of espionage, caused in part by an interview Bahari gave on Stewart’s show in 2009. Bahari said he trusted Stewart with his script because of his political instinct on “The Daily Show,” a show Bahari said he had been a fan of since its beginning. “When I went on the show after my release and we became friendly, we talked about a film,” he said. “We started looking for a writer, we were looking for an experienced director, and unfortunately all those people were busy or they were not working for the amount of money that was available. So after a couple of years, Jon said forget about it — let’s do it ourselves.” Stewart wrote the script. Behari said that after six months and “a lot of emotional

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Gael García Bernal plays Maziar Bahari in “Rosewater,” a true story about the young Canadian-Iranian journalist for Newsweek who covered the Green Revolution in Iran. investment,” Stewart did not want to hand it over to another person and decided to direct it himself. And what a decision that was. Everything from the casting to the location scouting made the film authentic and help put into perspective exactly what Bahari went through. Bahari said much of the dialogue in the film came directly from his book, but the atmosphere of terror and despair created through the filming can be attributed to Stewart’s direction and vision. Gael García Bernal, who plays Bahari in the film, emphasized his sense of humor throughout the entire film, which is still present in Bahari today

despite his experiences. When speaking about the absurdity of his accusation, Bahari jokingly talked about some of the odd connections his captors would make against him. “The icing on the cake was (when they connected me) to Pauly Shore,” he said. “They said that Pauly Shore was a spy — but maybe he is, I don’t know. We haven’t been able to communicate with Pauly.” The jokes and the lightheartedness in the film are something that only Stewart and Bahari could tastefully pull off. Beyond that, the film is one focused around love for family and culture.

Bahari said that in the darkest moments, the memory of his late sister and father gave him the strength to push through. And although the experience is terrifying Bahari accepts the fact that it has changed him for the better. “Since I’ve come out, I think I’ve tried to do more things than before,” he said. “The richer life you’ve had, the better you can survive in any difficult circumstance because you have a richer inner resource that you can tap into and use in those difficult situations.” “Rosewater” opens in theaters on Nov. 14.

‘Vigils’ explores memories and mortality By Madeline Buchel Contributing Writer

The intimate setting of DePaul’s Healy Theatre, located in The Theatre School, which boasts a mere 100 seats and whose first row literally begins on the stage, was an apt compliment to its emotionally enveloping production of Noah Haidle’s “Vigils.” Directed by Andrew Peters, MFA Class of 2016, the play bluntly explores the cyclical nature of grief and the repetitive and jarring pattern that memories are recalled to both comedic and tragic effect. Set solely in the house inhabited by two of the central characters, the painstaking attention to detail in the scenic design helps to celebrate the mundane aspects of everyday life the play’s characters learn to cherish as they reflect upon their memories. Each object in apparent disarray serves a purpose, from the coat slung over the foot of the bed to the large old-fashioned box slightly askew atop a driftwood dresser. The glasses and bottles scattered on the various surfaces hint at the protagonist’s attempts to drown her grief before she even takes the stage. The play operates on the idea of a young widow, spiritedly played by Audrey Gladson, physically keeping the soul of her dead husband in a box in their home because she cannot come to terms with the shocking loss. Christian Cook, as the aforementioned soul, caricaturizes the counterpart of his body, played by Nathan Simpson, by emphasizing his lines in a way that both hilariously and devastatingly highlights the absurd desperation of his widow’s attempt to keep him with her. While Gladson and Simpson as the prominent couple of the show have

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The body (Nathan Simpson) and the soul (Christian Cook) characturize different parts of a widows deceased husband in “Vigils.” convincing chemistry, the powerful and emotional exchange between each character is what ultimately renders its dialogue so impactful. Many of the show’s laugh-out-loud moments came from the awkward tension between the soul and his widow’s new and earnest love interest, played by Frankie Stornaiulo. Another hysterical highlight is the expertly choreographed bit of physical comedy performed by Gladson and Cook,

when the former attempts to prevent the latter from escaping out the window by brute force. Stornaiulo’s inspired dancing to a crowd-pleasing Earth Wind & Fire song is another charming moment that inspires the kind of laughter usually reserved for inside jokes made by old friends. Much like memories themselves, the motifs and dialogues of the play return throughout its single act of 95 minutes. The familiarity of the widow and her husband’s

final fight and his last thoughts before death become more heart-wrenching as they are transformed into the audience’s memories through repetition. Reminiscent of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” these flashbacks seamlessly weave the past events as they occurred with the present perspective of each character. Through thoughtful use of props, the widow’s love of marigolds is subtly mentioned throughout the play, culminating in a visually arresting display that captivates and uplifts the viewer. Despite some impressive and lengthy monologues, the most goosebumpinducing, tear-jerking moment of “Vigils” comes from the lips of the widow upon seeing the soul has succeeded in escaping. Gladson’s repetition of one simple word in three different tones highlights the play’s strength of presenting different perspectives to provide a full and harmonious portrayal of the complex nature of memories. For a play driven by characters coming to terms with mortality, “Vigils” is a lifeaffirming glimpse at the performance of one woman and the man she loved on their own personal stage of grief. At one point, the soul bemoans the inability to “just remember the happy times.” Though the play does not definitively answer why this cannot be, it certainly falls under the domain of one of those fleeting happy times and is a worthwhile addition to any audience member’s cycle of memories. “Vigils” runs through Nov. 16 at The Theatre School. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

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BIG JAMS

JUICY J, MIGOS AND MORE PERFORM AT THE ARAGON

WGCI hosted a huge night of hip-hop at the Aragon Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 7. The high-energy night featured Juicy J, Migos, Jeremih and Rae Sremmurd, among others. Photos by Josh Leff.

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Pink Floyd The Endless River With the anticipated release of “Endless River” — the latest, and purportedly last, effort from Pink Floyd — listeners are given a melancholy look back on their career. The band’s strength has always been to adapt to new sounds and evolve from album to album. David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with the help of Rick Wright from beyond the grave, have once again proven they can do something new, even while retreading old recording material. The music is slow and drawn out, soft and sweet. You can imagine Gilmour and Mason (ages 68 and 70, respectively) finally sitting down to relax after years of blowing people’s minds and crafting a record meant to soothe. It demonstrates an understanding of what their strengths are — which do not, in the continued absence of Waters, include lyricism. At its best, the music recalls the bands earliest forays into extended instrumental efforts. At its worst, is reminiscent of the overly clean, boorish sound of “The Division Bell.” But even those Floyd fans who gave up on the band after “The Wall” just might be satisfied with “Endless River” as one final goodbye. ERIK SUMMERVILLE | THE DEPAULIA

Taylor Swift 1989 With the release of “1989,” Taylor Swift’s musical evolution is complete. No longer a country songstress, Swift is a bona fide pop star, and her newest release is easily the best pop album this year. Swift exemplifies her new status as a pop artist by singing about the big city in her opening track, “Welcome to New York,” an upbeat anthem celebrating Swift’s changes in her life. Her breakout single “Shake It Off” is always a blast to listen to (seriously, it can even make running fun). Every song on “1989” bursts with energy, as well as emotion, including “Out of the Woods,” which is rumored to be about Swift’s relationship with One Direction’s Harry Styles. In an album in which it’s impossible to pick a favorite song, standouts include “All You Had to Do Was Stay” and “New Romantics.” ERIN YARNALL | THE DEPAULIA

Foo Fighters Sonic HIghways

Röyksopp The Inevidable End

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Comprised of eight songs recorded in eight cities and accopanied by an HBO mini-series, it’s safe to say that Dave Grohl and the gang have gone all out on their latest escapade into hard-hitting alternative rock.

The Norse electronic duo’s latest album promises stronger and darker lyrical content. Though supposedly their last traditional album, the duo said in a press release that it won’t be the last you’ll hear of them.

Nov. 12 Interpol The Riviera Theatre 4746 N. Racine Ave., $30

Nov. 14 The New Pornographers The Riviera Theatre 4746 N. Racine Ave., $30

Nov. 13 FKA Twigs Metro 3730 N. Clark St., $19

Nov. 15 Modern Baseball, Knuckle Puck Bottom Lounge 1375 W. Lake St., $13

in FILM “Interstellar”

Director Christopher Nolan’s newest and possibly most ambitious film, “Interstellar,” tells the story of a group of astronauts and their mission to travel through and across wormholes and galaxies to find humanity a new home while Earth gradually becomes dilapidated. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, the pilot of the mission, forced to leave his children and life behind while he fights against time to secure the survival of his children along with all humanity. To tell you anything more about the plot would tarnish your experience in this exhilarating space adventure. Contrary to Nolan’s past films, this is not an action film. “Interstellar” is sci-fi in the purest form. Concepts in this film go far beyond the average viewer’s mind, yet Nolan’s script is able to capture exactly what we need to know. This film is not perfect, nor will everyone like it. But it is surely one of the most awe-inspiring films of the past decade. It is loud, tense and emotional. “Interstellar” could be our “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and it needs to be seen on the biggest screen you can find. PAT MULLANE | THE DEPAULIA

“Laggies”

Senior prom is the quintessential moment for teens. It’s that one event, the last magical moment with all your friends before everyone grows up and moves on — unless you start hanging out with 17-year-olds when you’re 10 years out of high school and go to their prom. Megan (Keira Knightly) starts doing just that when she befriends Annika (Chloe Grace Moretz) in Lynn Shelton’s newest film, “Laggies.” Megan is 10 years out of high school with little success in her life. When her boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) proposes, she disappears for a week and hides out at Annika’s home with Annika’s single dad (Sam Rockwell). Megan is immature and frustrating in almost all her decisions, making the viewer cringe as she does everything from flop on her parents’ couch like a teenager, to going to parties with actual teenagers. “Laggies” is the first screenplay directed by Lynn Shelton (“Your Sister’s Sister,” “Humpday”) that she didn’t write, and is Andrea Seigel’s first screenplay. It shows in the messy storylines and lazily thought through plot. Despite the poor material, the actors do a fairly good job. The character Kemper really shines, especially in the ridiculous rehearsed first dance at her wedding. Save for a few moments when her accent slipped through, Knightly did what she could with the material. She made Megan convincing, even though the character isn’t worth being convinced of at all. COURTNEY JACQUIN | THE DEPAULIA

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D e JAMZ

“Spinning fresh beats since 1581”

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Find this and all our DeJamz playlists on depauliaonline.com and on our spotify account By Kirsten Onsgard Arts & Life Editor

Though we have yet to hit Thanksgiving and a few big releases are certainly on the way before the year closes out, 2014 has been a strong year for music. Here are some of my favorite albums that came out so far. 1. The War on Drugs – “Red Eyes” A good album is enjoyable; a great one elicits strong emotions. The sprawling Americana of “Lost in the Dream” will forever be tied to the first time I listened to it, while driving through the foothills of southern Minnesota

as a blood-red sun set on an especially cold spring day. The winding hills and rolling riffs were made for each other. 2. Real Estate – “Talking Backwards” Real Estate is the chillest band in an already chilled-out genre; two of the three times I have seen them, I’ve sprawled out in the grass at Pitchfork Music Festival. But that doesn’t stop “Atlas” from being smart, thoughtful and intricate. It’s strong in its tiny moments, wavering between clean, twinkling melodies and somber lyrical themes.

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3. Cloud Nothings – “I’m Not Part of Me” If you think pop-punk or emo was so 2002, let “Here and Nowhere Else” prove you wrong. Originally more of a pop group, Cloud Nothings have slipped deeper into darker themes over their last two albums, with “Here and Nowhere Else” being easily the apex. The album is a raw blast, with many tracks transforming from a straightfoward chugging rock song into an all-out spattering of sound. 4. Flying Lotus – “Ready Err Not” The producer’s latest effort, “You’re Dead!” approaches death

from a perspective of morbid and near humorous fascination. It’s his most cohesive album yet in concept, and spans from playful and spastic, to chaotic or methodical. FlyLo has created a disorienting and wild ride. 5. Run the Jewels – “Blockbuster Night Part 1” Like its name suggests, “Run the Jewels 2” is the next logical step for El-P and Killer Mike, but that isn’t to say it is a rehash of its predecessor. Instead, it’s one of the strongest hip-hop albums to surface this year, spanning from the ridiculous to the intelligent.

ACROSS 1. Frozen regions 8. Race place 13. Bucharest is there 14. Tennis champ Federer 15. Tipped off 16. Pound unit 17. Hair colorer 18. Piano keys 20. Furnish with a fund 22. Not guzzle 23. “___ the season ...” 24. Crows’ homes 26. New Year’s ___ 27. Sonora snooze 30. Fire starter 33. Larry King employer 34. Peruvian beast 36. Broadway opening? 37. Devoured

38. Newspapers 42. Flower vendor 44. Pro ___ 45. Got along 46. Crime against country 49. Roast host 50. London Cockney area 51. Title documents 52. Goes back DOWN 1. Furious 2. Gen. Powell 3. Correct, as text 4. Boxes 5. Aardvark’s tidbit 6. Pizzeria order 7. Cruel person 8. Scouting group 9. The ‘H’ of M.P.H.

6. Ne-Hi – “Turncoat” One of the best moments of my summer was spent in the dank basement of the nowdefunct DIY space, Animal Kingdom. We were all packed in tight, a few feet from the band as their lush and warm indie rock melodies played. Ne-Hi’s sound is inherantly nostaligic: summer-y, a bit off-kilter and made for giant sing-alongs. Their self-titled proves not only that they are one of the best to emerge from the Bucktown garage rock incubator, but is one of the best albums this year.

10. Lit 11. Get 12. Chest of drawers 19. Microsoft’s Windows 21. Freshly painted 25. Preserves, as pork 27. Mocked 28. Provoke 29. Insist upon 31. Little devil 32. Recount 35. A, B or C 37. West Wing workers 39. Alleviated 40. Rock 41. ___ of time 43. Cattail, e.g. 47.Sally Field’s “Norma___” 48. Computer key

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BLUE DEMON RUNDOWN

CROSS COUNTRY Cross Country heads to the NCAA Midwest regionals Friday after they wrapped up their regular season at the 2014 Big East Championships in Indianapolis. The men’s team finished eighth out of the nine teams that were participating with the women also finishing eighth but with the full Big East slate. The highest finisher for the men was senior Eddie McDaniel, who finished 30th overall,

SOFTBALL followed by freshman Chris Korabik in 45th and fellow freshman Jake Pecorin in 54th. On the women’s side, sophomore Paige Skorseth finished 55th and right behind her was sophomore Courtney Tedeschi in 56th. The 2014 cross-country season will come to a close for both teams at the NCAA Midwest regionals in Peoria, Illinois on Nov. 14.

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Softball will look to defend their 2014 Big East regular season and tournament titles.

WOMEN’S TENNIS Women’s tennis swept the first two days of the Northwestern Invite singles competition this weekend, going 5-0 on Friday and 6-0 on Saturday. The Blue Demons also went 2-1 in doubles on Saturday, moving their weekend record to 13-1. Freshmam Patricia Lancranjan posted an impressive wins on Friday, defeating Furman’s Ansley Speaks in two sets, 6-1, 6-0. She repeated the strong performance on Saturday, defeating Princeton’s Alanna Wolff 6-0, 6-4. Yuliya Shupenia and Ana Vladutu were able to win their doubles match 8-4, while Lancranjan and Rebeca Mitrea was able to defeat their Princeton opponents 8-5 in the single set.

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Patricia Fargas won two singles matches at the Northwestern Invite.

DePaul softball released their 2015 schedule this week, highlighted by several opponents who made the NCAA tournament last year. The Blue Demons will open up the season in early February with a trip to the Hawaii Paradise Classic. Their first game will be against Oklahoma, a Women’s College World Series team in 2014. They will be on the road for the first couple of months, playing in six tournaments as they make their way through their nonconference schedule. This is highlighted by teams such as Wisconsin, Nebraska and Houston who all made the NCAA Tournament in 2014. They have their home opener on March 18 against North Dakota State before going on the road to start their Big East conference slate against St. John’s and Seton Hall. DePaul returns home for their first

series of the season at Cacciatore Stadium against Providence on March 28 and 29, before playing more non-conference home games against Illinois State and Louisville. The Blue Demons host in-state rivals Illinois on April 15 before hosting Chicago rival Loyola the next day. A week later, they will travel to South Bend, Indiana to take on Notre Dame in a rematch of last year’s 4-2 DePaul victory. DePaul will wrap up their regular season schedule with a three-game home series against Butler on May 2 to 3 before they host the Big East tournament. Just as in 2013, the tournament will take place at the Ballpark at Rosemont. The Blue Demons return reigning Big East player of the year in senior Mary Connolly, as well as Rookie of the Year Dylan Christensen and Coach of the Year Eugene Lenti, who begins his 34th season with DePaul.

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They will need to beat Ecuador in a two-legged playoff. That match will be an intraconfederation playoff, both teams barely missing directly qualifying for next year’s World Cup. Ryce is confident that they can earn one of the final spots in the World Cup. “Ecuador, that’s our last chance. If we beat them, then we’re in,” Ryce said. “But we should win. We’ve played them before, and we beat them.” Trinidad and Tobago will know their World Cup fate by the end of the year. They will host Ecuador in the second leg of the playoff on Dec. 2 and whichever team has the higher aggregate score advances to the World Cup. Through the experience at CONCACAF, Ryce said she grew as a player, especially in the game against team USA, playing against women she spent her high school years idolizing. But, once she hit the field, it was quite a different story. “(I kept thinking) I can’t believe that I’m here right now at 20 years old, I’m playing against people that I looked up to,” Ryce said. “But then, you have to realize that, no, it’s not about that anymore. On the field, we’re all the same and we’re competing. They’re not giving any more than what we’re giving. We’re each given 90 minutes to go out there and compete.” She found that mentality

helpful, enabling her to move passed the initial nervous jitters. She said the energy of the game let her leave it all out on the field, unleashing the pent up adrenaline to propel her forward in the game. The passion Ryce exhibited while playing internationally has certainly influenced her teammates according to fellow teammate Rachel Pitman, a senior defender on the team. “Now she’s come back into practice and you can see what she’s learned from going and the experience she’s gained from playing in the World Cup qualifiers,” Pitman said. “She’s rubbing off on everyone else.” Pitman herself has played internationally, representing England with the England National Team at the U15, U17, U19 and U23 European and World Cup qualifiers. Pitman said the experience has made Ryce more of a leader on the field and she has “no worries” about Ryce’s ability to do her job, further adding to the camaraderie amongst her teammates. “When Bri played against the USA, we were away and we were in the hotel room watching her game,” Pitman said. “It was so great to see her fighting off Megan Rapinoe and players like that who are world class players... I think seeing that and seeing her perform at that level just brings it back to our team. Everyone sees how much of a valuable player she is, and what she can bring to our team.”

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Women’s soccer wins Big East title

Postseason Awards

By Ben Gartland Asst. Sports Editor

Only nine days separated from winning the Big East regular season title, women’s soccer was celebrating again as they took down Georgetown to win the Big East tournament championship. Junior forward Elise Wyatt scored in the first half to give them the lead while senior midfilder Amber Paul put one in during the second half to secure the victory for the Blue Demons. “This means the world to our staff and the whole school,” head coach Erin Chastain said in a news release. “This group has worked as hard as any team we’ve ever coached.” The Blue Demons took a lead in the 26th minute when Elise Wyatt stormed into the box on a counterattack, getting a shot off on Georgetown keeper Emma Newis, who initially deflected the shot. The rebound, however, fell right at the feet of Wyatt, who put it over Newis and into Courtesy of DEPAUL ATHLETICS the net for the score. It was Wyatt’s 11th goal of the season, a Goalkeeper Alex Godinez is mobbed by her teammates after they defeated Marquette. career-high for the junior forward. The Blue Demons would carry that lead into the locker room at halftime, not on that one,” Paul said. “I was a little tired, After the game, Chastain reflected allowing the Hoyas to use their attacking but was able to hit it back post.” on the historic win and record for the momentum to equalize before the end of Her eighth goal of the year is a career program. the first half. high for the senior, coupled with Alexa “They play so hard for each other, and DePaul almost doubled their lead in Ben’s 11th assist of the year. you could see that in the final 20 minutes the 49th minute when Amber Paul was “Alexa always feeds me a nice ball, when they were blocking shots with their alone at the top of and she did it again body and taking hits for the team,” she the box, shooting on that play,” she said. “These girls are leaving their mark in far post. However, said. “This is such the history of this program, and they are her shot went just an amazing feeling not done yet.” These girls are leaving wide to keep the DePaul did not allow a goal in the their mark in the history of winning our first Big lead at one. this program, and they are East tournament title.” Big East tournament, shutting out both Paul would Paul was named Big Georgetown in the final and Marquette not done yet. get her chance to East Championship in the semifinals. Defender Sarah Gorden double the lead in Most said that the team was ready for the Erin Chastain Offensive the 60th minute, Outstanding player. tournament. Women’s soccer head coach and this time she DePaul was able “Everyone had a lot of energy today,” took full advantage. to hold on to the two- Gorden said. “We had some amazing Alexa Ben took the ball from the top of the goal lead for the remainder of the game, practices leading up to today, and I knew box and passed it to Paul who was running despite increased pressure from the Hoyas we would all bring our best game.” into the box on the right side. Paul slotted for the last half hour of the game. As soon With the win, DePaul continued their the ball home back post for her eighth goal as the final whistle blew, the Demons unbeaten run, bringing their total record of the year and gave the Blue Demons a cleared their bench and were celebrating to 16-0-4. They also will earn an automatic 2-0 lead. at midfield as Big East tournament bid to the NCAA tournament, which will “I had missed on another opportunity, champions for the first time in program start the weekend of Nov. 14-16. so I wanted to make sure I got a good foot history.

Men’s soccer season ends By Ben Gartland

Rookie of the Year Midfielder Alexa Ben was awarded Big East rookie of the year after a stellar performance her freshman year. Ben put in nine goals and 10 assists in her freshman campaign, adding another assist in the Big East Championship game after she won the award.

All-Big East first team Junior forward Elise Wyatt and senior defender Rachel Pitman were placed on the All Big-East first team. Wyatt had 11 goals and seven assists while Pitman had three goals and six assists.

All-Big East second team Sophomore striker Abby Reed, freshman midfielder Alexa Ben and senior defender Sarah Gorden were named to the second team.

All-Big East rookie team Alexa Ben, Lucy Edwards and Elizabeth Endy were part of the rookie team.

Soccer tournament selection Monday By Ben Gartland Asst. Sports Editor

Asst. Sports Editor

Men’s soccer wll miss the Big East tournament once again afer finishing ninth in the conference. The Blue Demons finished 1-6-2 on the year, ending their season with a 4-0 drubbing at Marquette University. This was a slight improvement over their 2013 conference total in which they went 1-7-1. They did not have a win after Sept. 27 and had a five-game scoreless streak from Oct. 1 through 18. Overall, DePaul went 4-10-4 on the year a slight dip from their 5-11-2 record the previous season. They will lose six seniors to graduation before next year, including forward Art Garza and defenders Jake Douglas and Koray Yesilli. They will return their leading goalscorer in sophomore Simon Megally with five and their leader in assists in freshman Hans Wustling. Jalen Harvey, a fixture of the defense who also contributed four goals, will also return for the 2015 season.

Coach of the Year Erin Chastain and her staff won Big East coaching staff of the year after leading the Blue Demons to an undefeated regular season and a regular season Big East title. This is the first award for Chastain.

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Senior defender Jake Douglas.

Following their historic undefeated season that saw them win the Big East regular season title, women’s soccer will host a selection show Monday at 3 p.m. The actual show, which will be live streamed from NCAA.com, will begin at 3:30 p.m. and will give the Blue Demons their opponent and match location for the first round of the NCAA tournament. The watch party will take place at the Sullivan Athletic Center in the Hall of Fame Foyer. DePaul completed the regular season ranked as high as they’ve ever finished with Soccer America magazine ranking them seventh in the nation, while the National Soccer Coaches Assocation of America had them at 13. The NCAA has their RPI at 20. The Blue Demons returned to the NCAA tournament in 2013 after a 10year absence, falling in a 1-0 loss at Indiana. DePaul was the nine seed for that tournament game. The Blue Demons have already been rewarded for their excellent conference results with freshman midfielder Alexa

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The women’s soccer team celebrates a goal at the beginning of their season. Ben winnning Big East Freshman of the Year and head coach Erin Chastain winning Big East Coach of the Year. It is still undecided as to whether the Blue Demons will host the first round game or whether they will go on the road. The first game will be between Nov. 14 and 16. DePaul finished their undefeated regular season with a Big East tournament title, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas in the championship match.

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Volleyball swept by St. John’s in home finale By Ben Gartland Asst. Sports Editor

After two competitive but eventually futile sets, everything fell apart for DePaul in the third set as they fell 3-0 to St. John’s. St. John’s took the first set 26-24 and the second set 27-25 before finishing the match with a 25-18 victory in the third. “I think overall tonight we were pretty competitive in the first two sets and resilient in the third,” head coach Nadia Edwards said. “I think at the end, our confidence broke down and we have to get better at that.” The Red Storm took an early lead in the first set with 10 kills before DePaul called a timeout, down 10-5 to St. John’s. The Blue Demons went on a 3-0 run to cut the deficit to two in the first three plays out of the timeout. DePaul would continue to chip away at the lead, bringing it to within one point at the next St. John’s timeout. The Blue Demons still trailed but at a more manageable deficit at 17-16. The Blue Demons and Red Storm would trade points for the next few plays, DePaul taking their first lead at 20-19 before St. John’s tied it back up. St. John’s called another timeout as the first set went down to the wire tied at 23-23. The two teams would trade points one more time before St. John’s got two more points to win the set 26-24. DePaul came out strong to start the second set, jumping out to an 8-4 lead before St. John’s called a timeout. Caitlyn Coffey had two straight blocks in the middle of the run. The Blue Demons would keep their lead all the way to game point, holding a 24-21 lead. The Red Storm, however, scored four straight to push the game 25-24 before the Blue Demons tied it up. St. John’s finished the set with two straight points to take a 2-0 match lead. The Red Storm took their momentum from the second set to jump out to a huge lead at the beginning of the third. DePaul called a timeout after St. John’s had already taken a 14-6 lead with the outcome looking

The Rundown St. John’s

DePaul

Top Performer Karin Palguvota St. John’s junior outside hitter Karin Palguvota was the offensive leader for the Red Storm, chipping in 22 kills and five digs.

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Freshman Rachel Breault rises up for a ball. DePaul fell to 3-24 with the St. John’s loss. dire for the Blue Demons. DePaul would have difficulty cutting into the deficit, getting to within five points at a timeout with the Red Storm leading 2217. That would be the closest they would get, as the Red Storm finalized the victory with a 25-18 set win. That would give the Red Storm the sweep and a conference victory over DePaul. With the loss, the Blue Demons fell to 3-24 on the year and 1-14 in the Big East. With everybody slated to return next year,

however, Edwards is looking at this season as a way for the players to gel. “I think it’s just growth and chemistry,” she said. “Throughout the season, the girls have had a chance to play almost 30 matches together and learn everybody’s strengths and weaknesses.” The Blue Demons hit the road for the final three games of the season, heading to Villanova and Seton Hall Nov. 14 and 15, before closing out the season at Marquette on Nov. 22.

With the loss, DePaul fell to 3-24 on the year and finished their conference home record winless. The one game that they won at home was back in August when they defeated Bradley 3-1. Their last win overall came on Sept. 27 at Providence.

Coming Up DePaul goes to Villanova on Nov. 14 and Seton Hall the next day before their season finale at Marquette on Nov. 22.

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BEASTS OF THE

BIG EAST

Women’s soccer advances to the NCAA Tournament after their first Big East Tournament victory. Story on page 26.

Brianna Ryce: For college and for country By Megan Daley Contributing Writer

“We just want to win Big East. When I’m here, that’s what I’m trying to bring out on the field. We’re not quitting until the whistle is blown. We’re going to fight for every goal, run as fast as we can, we’re going to do it and you’re not going to stop us.” At just 20 years old Brianna Ryce, junior defender for DePaul women’s soccer, has the tenacity and leadership of a player well beyond her years. Last month, she played for the Trinidad and Tobago national team in the women’s World Cup qualifiers, starting all five matches of the tournament with the national team. “I brought back, I feel like, just like, an edge and a energy,” Ryce said. “Everything is so intense because the stakes are higher so people are just putting

everything out there; they don’t care, they just want to get in the World Cup.” On Oct. 15, Ryce and the Trinidad and Tobago team began their run to qualify for the women’s World Cup, competing in the same bracket as the United States, Haiti and Guatemala. The team’s first game was against the U.S., and Trinidad was slated to be the underdog. “A small island against one of the top teams in the world,” Ryce said. “But we came out and we only conceded one goal and that was a huge thing in the women’s soccer world because America was beating teams like Mexico, (8-0). So, people expected us to get stomped over.” Trinidad and Tobago went on to beat Haiti 1-0 and Guatemala 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. It was the first time in Trinidad’s history the team had advanced to the final four

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Defender Brianna Ryce has split her time between DePaul and the Trinidad and Tobago National Team of the tournament. Trinidad fell to Costa Rica in penalty kicks in the semifinals and went on to play Mexico in the third place match where the winner would advance

directly to the women’s World Cup. However, they were not able to defeat the Mexicans, falling 4-2. Since they made it to the

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third place match, however, the team still has the opportunity to head to the World Cup.

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