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Group tries to break record for food drive

By Anna Quesse Staff Writer

The text under the statue of Fr. Jack Egan in front of the Lincoln Park Student Center reads “What have you done for justice?” A new student organization is seeking to answer that question with an ambitious goal of breaking the world record of largest food drive in a single day.

The group, called Feed Chicago, or more informally as Food for Freedom, has made it their mission to donate more than 560,000 pounds of nonperishable food items to nearly one million Chicagoans in need through The Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Founded in September of 2014 by sophomore marketing major Danny Loomans, the club is taking a modern approach to marketing their brand.

They have formed numerous satellite groups at other schools to help recruit volunteers and get their name out.

“I think that the satellites serve a very unique purpose in that it’s basically taking and transplanting our

“The biggest reason why I’m involved and why every single morning I think I’m able to wake up and still want to keep doing more tasks and keep working with different people is because the enthusiasm from the people here”

Danny Loomans sophomore brand and our image and our mission in a much broader range,” Loomans said. “So while we make administrative decisions at DePaul in terms of our support services, the other schools are locations that are actually making the things happen for us.”

This will be Loomans’ second attempt at the record. Loomans’ first attempt came back in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. when he was 15. After a year’s worth of planning, Loomans had not only formed an entire student committee, but the event took place with more than 400 volunteers.

Together, they raised more than 130,311 pounds of food that went to five counties and reached thousands of people.

The current record is 559,885 pounds of food collected in 18 hours by the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North

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Elijah Obasanya, president of MOVE, asks students to reflect on racial inequality not only at Mizzou, but also at DePaul Thursday.

STANDING WITH MIZZOU

Gathering encourages action, home and away

By Megan Deppen & Jessica Villagomez Print Managing Editor & News Editor

Black college students around the country responded to a call for solidarity this week after the president of the University of Missouri (Mizzou) stepped down in response to studentled protests against racial harassment on campus. But the gathering at DePaul unleashed tensions within the community that demonstrated a need for support and continued discussion of racism both around the country and on DePaul’s own campus.

“I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m not going to say that I did not expect a lot of people to be emotional,” Elijah Obasanya, president of Men of Vision and Empowerment (MOVE), said during the heated conversations after the event.

About 200 people filled St. Vincent’s Circle on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus for MOVE’s event Thursday, which was advertised through Facebook to “stand with (Mizzou’s Black Collegiate) in eradicating racism and racial inequality in higher education.”

But after Obasanya’s introduction and the passionate calls to action by senior

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Whytne Stevens, freshman (center) holds a sign Thursday expressing support of students at the University of Missouri protesting racial discrimination.

Ed Ward and University Minister Pastor Keith Baltimore, a few students expressed anger and frustration at racial inequality on campus.

A DePaul student whose name could not be confirmed called out and said he had been racially profiled at DePaul.

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He complained that counseling services specifically for black students weren’t available. The atmosphere grew tense as Baltimore tried regaining control of the gathering and more students began calling

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Agent of change

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Proposed policy would allow students to select a name other than their legal one

By Maddy Crozier Contributing Writer

When LGBTQA student services coordinator Katy Weseman first came to DePaul, thoughts of a preferred name policy only went as far as DePaul’s software would take it. But a few years and a few upgrades in software later, a proposed policy, the Student Preferred Name and Gender Policy, is currently in the works at DePaul amd nearing the final stages of university approval.

The policy has a two-fold purpose. First, it would allow students to choose a “preferred name” to appear on university systems including Campus Connect, D2L and on class rosters. Any student who uses a nickname or shortened version of their first name could choose that it be used on the systems. International students who have chosen a different first name in the United States could also make it known more easily.

Largely, the policy would provide a better option for transgender and transitioning students who do not use their legal names. Further, the policy would enable an optional “unspecified” gender option instead of male or female.

In early December, the policy will be presented in front of Joint Council, comprised of the president of the university, deans, executives, and many others. This is the final body to hear the policy before approval. The policy went through several other channels before arriving at this point, starting with a policy review group that offered feedback.

It was also presented to the Student Government Association and a few weeks ago Faculty Council reviewed the policy. As the policy remains a draft, it is still a “working document,” and updates or changes are still possible before approval.

Weseman has served as one of the more determined forces in creating this policy. She has worked very closely with the senior director of records and technology Michael Wright in combining their perspectives to articulate the policy. Weseman first brought the need for this type of protocol to Wright’s attention shortly after she was hired as DePaul’s first full-time LGBTQA student services coordinator in 2012.

When Weseman came to DePaul, she noticed that the parent company that owns the software that runs Campus Connect, Oracle, did not have a “preferred name” option available in the software. With that, all Weseman and Wright could do was wait for Oracle to release the programming “patches” that would allow this option to be implemented.

As soon as this happened, they set to work on creating a policy. Wright focused on researching how other campuses

used similar policies, and wrote most of the document.

Weseman said that the policy would not be as far along as it is without all of his work. While Wright can explain how the policy would be technically implemented, in a good show of teamwork, Weseman can explain exactly why it is important.

“Very much in line with DePaul’s mission, part of honoring a person’s human dignity is honoring and respecting how they identify and how they refer to themselves,” Weseman said.

In that way, the policy would be “hugely important in terms of respectful identification in the classroom,” she followed.

Sophomore Spencer Albin saw the big benefit for class rosters. By establishing a preferred name online, a student could “get it out of the way really quickly,” he said, rather than having to announce it in class.

Weseman said that, “while this is very much a social justice issue, it is also a justice issue regarding anyone who identifies with a name other than their legal name.”

This makes the policy relevant to DePaul students using nicknames and to international students.

“My name gives someone a first impression of who I am,” said senior Alex Nguyen. Though his legal name is Alexander, like many students, he prefers to use a shortened nickname of it. “Of course I will change my preferred name if the policy is approved ... identity-wise, this is really important,” he said.

The proposed policy outlines several guidelines for how students may use the feature. Students may only change their preferred name three times while at DePaul. They are also encouraged to update their preferred names at the beginning of a term in order to avoid confusion. Preferred names may not contain inappropriate language, numbers or symbols, except for a hyphen. According to the proposed policy, the Office of Student Records has the final say on the validity and appropriateness of a preferred name. This is in order to uphold the respectability of the policy and ensure no student is misusing it.

It is important to note that a preferred name selection would not constitute a legal name change, nor would the gender marker represent a legal gender change. Legal change updates should be completed through DePaul Central channels. Additionally, a current option exists for students to shorten their legal first name to only their first initial.

“There is no downside to this policy,” said freshman Maddy Robertson.

As Weseman said, “you can never solve an injustice with a policy, but this would provide an option that would help a lot of people.”

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Chi-Raq elicts mixed reaction

By Kyle Woosley

the tax credits the film received from the city.

Bennett said he understands why Lee chose to make this association between “Welcome to Chi-Raq: land of pain, Chicago and Iraq. misery and strife.”

“The film’s title appears to offer These are some of the first words some apt comparisons,” he said. “The uttered in the trailer for Spike Lee’s newest Iraq War and its impact on human lives film, “Chi-Raq.” The film spotlights gang was entirely unnecessary as is the gun violence and high homicide rates on the violence in Chicago and other cities.”

South Side of Chicago.

Stewart, on the other hand, said The release of the movie trailer comes the film’s title just perpetuates society’s after the shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee last week, whose father had ties to assumptions about what it’s like to live in Chicago. gangs in Chicago.

“I was a little scared before I moved Michael Bennett, an associate here, but you can’t let one bad area define professor of sociology, said he hopes the Chicago,” she said. “Nobody calls Los film will shed light on the issue of gang Angeles something like that and you violence. can’t even wear certain colors walking “Young Tyshawn is the tragic human down the streets.” face on this gun violence,” he said. “It Originally from Philadelphia, Stewart could be seen as punctuation mark, said her friends and family expressed a a real-life example of the Chi-Raq lot of concern when she chose to come storyline.” to Chicago.

Francesca Stewart, a graduate student “When I tell people I live on the South who lives in South Shore, said the trailer Side, people say things like ‘you better be release coinciding with Tyshawn Lee’s safe’ or ‘things just tend to happen there,’” death will show others the tragic reality she said.

“I feel like I have to be safe and of many on the South Side. precautious at all times.”

“It’s really an issue and now kids are Lee’s previous projects, including going to be affected,” she said. “That little 1989’s “Do the Right Thing” and 1990’s boy went to school and did not know “Mo’ Better Blues,” have served as a social he was going to be shot. That little boy commentary on hot-button issues such as probably didn’t know his dad was in a race relations, urban crime and poverty. gang and now he’s dead.”

Stewart, who has been a fan of Lee’s Stewart said the depiction of gangs in her entire life, said she is disappointed in the film is a reflection of the seriousness his decision to make the movie. of gang violence.

“His movies have always been about “Chicago is kind of a segregated social injustices for black people,” she city – you have most of the poor, black said.

“The topic is too touchy for him to community living on the South Side,” she not be from said. “When you the city and place a bunch of it.” poor, uneducated ““When I tell people I live on the making Although people in one area what else South Side, people say things like B e n n e t t said he is do they have to not sure the ‘you better be safe’ or ‘things just do but go against seriousness each other?” tend to happen there,’” of gang The plot violence can of “Chi-Raq” be captured focuses on Francesca Stewart, graduate student on screen, he women in the believes it is South Side an issue that taking a stand affects all of by choosing to us. withhold sex “The film’s treatment of gangs and from men in an attempt to stop the gun violence cannot truly express the violence. tragic proportions of this phenomenon Stewart said her initial reaction was anger at the representation of black as it is being and has been experienced by all who have been victims – direct women in the trailer.

“I’m getting sick and tired of women victims as well as indirect victims,” he always coming down to sex,” she said. said. “That includes anyone anywhere “We’re always sexualized, and that’s who values human life.”

Royster agreed with Bennett and said not all women. But I think that’s one there’s too much to consider when trying stereotype that will never go away.” to fully capture the South Side experience But Francesca Royster, a professor of in Chicago.

English who focuses on the depiction of “It’s difficult to get a sense of the black women in film and literature, said variety and the complexity of Chicago’s Lee is borrowing from classical plays, south side from the clip – the complexity such as “Antigone,” and South African of the community, and the ways that activist strategies. there are many classes and races and “So it’s not just for the spectacle or religious practices all very proximate to the humor of it, but trying to think about each other,” she said. the way that women’s power is sometimes Stewart said she believes the movie reduced to sexuality,” she said. “I always will not hold much power in creating appreciate Spike for his satirical edge. social change on the topic of gang Sometimes he depends a little too much violence. on women as eye candy, but perhaps the “It doesn’t portray the accurate way that is explicit to the storyline might picture of what’s going on, and it’s not make up for it.” giving you the reality of the situation,” The film’s title, “Chi-Raq,” a she said.

“It will be another one of those combination of Chicago and Iraq, has movies people will see but nobody will also caused an uproar in the city. do anything about the problem. It won’t According to a Chicago Tribune make you want to change anything.” article in April 2015, many city council Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” will be released members, citizens and Mayor Rahm in theatres on Dec. 4 and later on Emanuel requested the film change its Amazon’s streaming service. name, even going as far as to threaten Contributing Writer

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Ed Ward, a senior and former president of Men of Vision and Empowerment (MOVE), speaks to a large crowd Thursday afternoon standing in solidarity with the students of Mizzou.

MIZZOU, continued from front page out, asking others to respect those in the center of the circle.

Confusion ensued until a student from the outer rim of the circle stepped forward and emotionally called for students to put their personal issues aside and come together to realize the meaning of the event, which was about black student solidarity and moving forward against racism in higher education.

Despite the fierce wind whipping against the crowd, the event spanned more than an hour, lasting until 4:30 p.m. By then Baltimore regained control of the gathering, thanked everyone for coming and announced that discussions could continue in the circle. Clusters of students — some yelling, others watching — lingered for another 30 minutes.

Obasanya mingled among them.

“I think people being emotional was a natural response to this situation. Anger, sadness, a mixture of both, anxiety — all of that is a result of what has happened,” Obasanya said.

Months of racial tension on Mizzou’s campus came to a climax last week when black players on the school’s Division I football team refused to play and brought national attention to the campus.

Student protests were led by a group called Concerned Student 1950, which included a student on an eight-day hunger strike. In response to racial harassment — in particular during the homecoming parade rehearsal and a swastika that had been drawn in feces in a dorm — black students appealed to the university president during the homecoming parade for a response and acknowledgement.

The president’s inaction was the final straw.

A camp of hundreds of protesters in the quad and national media attention led to president Tim Wolfe and chancellor R.

Bowen Loftin stepping down from their positions on Nov. 9, but threats to black students continued over a media outlet called Yik Yak and rumors of a Klu Klux Klan presence spread through campus.

“Our people at Missouri are afraid to go to class,” Ward said at the DePaul solidarity gathering.

“It should not be considered an act of wisdom to make the decision not to go to class if you fear for your life. So what are we doing by saying we stand in solidarity and yet they still cannot go to class? Let us stand up to make sure they get the education at an institution they paid to go to. They have a legal right, they have a legal authority, they have an obligation to attend that university, and we have an obligation to stand in solidarity with them. We have an obligation to move with them.”

Sophomore Marcella Ramirez said it was important for all students of color to stand together and that “it’s not okay that people of color are suffering, in 2015, in college.”

But despite students’ agreement on this issue, factions developed within the crowd.

Suzette Brito, member of the Latina sorority Lamba Theta Alpha, said she appreciated having the solidarity event, but sympathized with its organizers.

“People just started going at each other about issues that aren’t relevant. This was supposed to be for everyone to come in solidarity to talk about issues and respect the open space that was given,” Brito said. “This should be about love, not about hate. If we’re all people of color, we should come to a conclusion and love each other and come in solidarity because essentially we’re all going through some type of oppression.”

Amongst the disagreement in the talks after the event, freshman Whytne Stevens said that conflict between people fighting for a cause is inevitable.

“I think it’s natural. It’s going

to happen. It may make you feel uncomfortable, (but) I think people should see it as part of the natural process,” Stevens said.

“How do we as a community at DePaul, as black students at DePaul, deal with this issue?

I’m sure most people at DePaul have dealt with some kind of racial profiling, discrimination. I personally can’t say that yet, I’m a first year student. I think people are just very emotional right now, which fuels into the division that people saw. I think it’s just natural.”

“I think a lot of legitimate anger was expressed,” Ward said.

“And the reason it’s legitimate is because a lot of things that happen across the country causes black people in this country to be upset, and rightfully so. It’s righteous anger, out of love.”

Obasanya said that many students felt overcome by their emotions because they may not have a legitimate space to express their frustration with ongoing struggles against racism.

“A lot of people may not have good friends of color who can support them and relate, so they might have been forced to deal with this on their own,” Obasanya said. “I’m glad we were able to have that space for them because clearly there are a lot of people dealing with a lot of anxiety, sadness, anger and all of the above.”

Freshman Zeph Kaffey said that she agreed with the student who yelled out that there should be more counseling services offered to black students on campus. Kaffey said that DePaul could send emails to students after traumatic events, listing the services available to help them.

“Sometimes I feel like I shouldn’t reach out to my school to give me a service that I should have, the service that I know a white person in my position (would have in case of an emergency),” Kaffey said. “But that I’m hurting and I have to reach out outside of my comfort zone, I feel like that shouldn’t happen at my

university.”

Ward agreed and said DePaul can do more to provide some services to black students.

“Sometimes you have to just show us what those programs are instead of us having to go and search for those programs,” Ward said. “Now, I’m not suggesting that those programs are not here. But if they are, we should know where they are without having to go above and beyond to find them.”

In the midst of the talks and frustrations expressed by some of the students, Baltimore said that every university still had progress to make.

“I can tell you officially and for sure that the black students here at DePaul are not alone. Is this community perfect? Nope ... But I can guarantee you that if you want it — and you’re a person of color, (or) you’re a black person and you need help or support — there is someone or something at DePaul for you to start the conversation,” Baltimore said.

Perhaps it was with that same idea in mind that Vice President of Student Affairs Eugene Zdziarski decided to attend the event.

“For me, this was about coming here to listen to student concerns and hear what some of the issues are and to see and make sure we continue to do the things that we can to address our student’s needs,” Zdziarski said.

Rev. Dennis Holtschneider C.M. said in an email statement Friday, “I am especially proud of our DePaul students, faculty and staff who stood in solidarity yesterday … in an effort to draw attention to the continued discrimination that exists in our society, including in higher education.”

“I ask that we all use this opportunity as a teachable moment — to pause and reflect on the ways in which our own words or actions as individuals may, from time to time, fail to support inclusiveness and respectfulness to others in our

community — to reflect in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul on ways we can continue to create an inclusive environment where all are welcome and supported — and most important, to always be willing to listen to the voices in our midst,” Holtschneider said.

Baltimore called upon students to make a change in their lives, big or small, to further the movement towards racial equality.

For Obasanya, part of this means continuing the conversations started at the event.“This is the most energetic of the meetings we’ve had. I love that because clearly there is a lot of energy that has to be released,” Obasanya said.

“There are a lot of emotions that people are dealing with on their own and we saw that emotion today. Going forward I think we need to support them,” Obasanya said. That means creating spaces that center around similar issues and allowing people to express emotion that “gets pent up.”

Obasanya said he also wants to partner with other organizations on Chicago campuses to develop a unified approach to battle racism in higher education.

“A lot of times, if you’re a minority at an institution, you kind of feel as though you are alone in what you’re going through, but I think that as black students we need to realize that a lot of things that go on at Mizzou or UIC or Loyola happens or connects to what goes on here,” Obasanya said. “New precedents are being set every day, culture is being set every day. We have to be able to create the future that we want to see, and to be able to do that, there needs to be a clear goal going forward. I think that comes from organizing. This was essentially Mizzou calling out black collegians to show support and solidarity with them and I’m glad we did that. Going forward we need to have a system and structure in place in case something like this arises.”

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Billy Banks, the new executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, sits in his office. Banks began last week, replacing Terri Lonier.

New Coleman head overcomes adversity

By Megan Deppen Print Managing Editor

When you meet the new executive director of DePaul’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, he’ll shake your hand and ask you to call him Billy.

Despite stepping into his first classroom only a year ago, the new leader of the No. 15 entrepreneurial program in the country is ready to get down to business, but it was a journey to get there.

In 2011 Billy Banks had it all. He had come out of the Great Recession with his startup company still intact and a few more grey hairs in his beard; he had met and married the woman of his dreams; and then he sold his first company when it was making $20 million a year in sales.

Two weeks later, his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.

She had a double mastectomy, 16 weeks of chemotherapy and nine weeks of radiation. Banks sold his steel business and his startup to support his wife through treatment. Then the day before Christmas, his father threw Banks’ mother out of the house.

“There was a moment in January when I had my bald, broken wife and my devastated mother at the kitchen table, looking at my life like, ‘what happened?’

From getting the girl, selling the company, life is good, to holy shit, everything I thought was real is not,” Banks said.

Banks’ wife came out of treatment in May 2012 and by then Banks had lost his love of the business game. Instead, he was focused on having a family. Cancer treatment is known to cause infertility, so Banks and his wife began working to transfer their frozen eggs to a surrogate in order to have a baby. Four transfers failed and two babies died. By July 2013 they had three eggs left.

That is until his wife’s morning sickness turned into a positive pregnancy test. Then a few weeks later the surrogate’s successful transfer turned into twins.

By April 2014 Banks had two daughters and a son in his arms. With the

family in stable condition, Banks began probing for a new opportunity.

An academic at heart, Banks’ dream was to teach.

“I thought the students were going to run circles around me,” Banks said.

“What I realized is I actually know a lot more than I thought and the students are really hungry to learn.”

He reached out to his alma mater, Northwestern University, and became a mentor for young entrepreneurs enrolled in Northwestern’s Design for America program, which focuses on human-centered design and social entrepreneurship. He taught his first class as an adjunct professor in winter 2014, and by then knew that he loved what he was doing.

“Helping people realize their dreams... is something that gives me a thrill,” Banks said. “I get to do that here. I get to create a platform for students to learn and grow and hopefully advance in their careers.

Whether they’re entrepreneurs or not they’ll have the ability to think and learn and act like one.”

This summer, DePaul’s former executive director of the Coleman Center, Terri Lonier, took the job as Dean at the School of the Art Institute and Banks saw his chance. By October he was contacted

by DePaul for the position and he moved into his office this week.

“What I’ve learned over my career is the struggle that I really went through in my 20s, to figure out who I am and what I want to do ... through that struggle I’ve landed here, which is truly a dream job for me.”

Part of what Banks said he can help students with is overcoming the indecisive moments in their lives. Banks went through the same thing.

After graduating from Northwestern, Banks dutifully returned to Indiana to work in his father’s steel business, which he hated. He enrolled in Indiana University’s MBA program and at 26 he spent two years in Paris as part of the program.

Little did Banks know that his time in Paris would be one of the turning points in his life.

“I was lamenting this sort of duty versus desire that comes along with the family business,” Banks said. “I feel duty to the family business to stay involved, but a desire to do anything but. So (my friend) looks at me and says, ‘well it’s a father’s dream to pass a legacy on.’ Bam, the light went on. I said, ‘alright, that’s what I’m supposed to do then.’ I came back. My entire second year geared towards taking classes along the line of what I thought our family business needed.”

Part of Banks’ goal at DePaul is to help students realize what they want to do, not just what their parents want them to do.

“One of the biggest questions I get is, ‘my parents want me to do this or I feel

like I want to do this, but this is what I love and this is what I think I want to do,’” Banks said. “I’m the courage and strength to (help students) pursue that path.”

Banks said entrepreneurship has taken off in the past five years and that students have the opportunity to pursue the next big idea more than ever. Students from all majors and backgrounds are encouraged to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas and appeal for funding at the annual Coleman Entrepreneurship Center’s Launch DePaul awards.

“That’s what I hope to do here, is find those kids who might not know what they have and help them take it to the next level and achieve their dreams,” Banks said.

Being a part of the process is a dream come true for Banks too.

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With the experience under his belt, Loomans is going to use the knowledge he gained from the previous attempt to benefit him this time.

“Having done this once before, I know where there’s some pressure points. So I think that there’s a few things that are on our side for this,” Loomans said. “First of all, the fact that we’re marketing it differently than what other organizations of similar causes seem to market their stuff I think is a very unique thing. That in itself attracts a lot of the optimistic emotional response.”

With that experience, Loomans also learned how to market the food drive differently.

“So from a marketing standpoint we sit around the table and we discuss different target markets and how they can contribute to Food for Freedom, to our event and to our cause, so we are breaking down all these different markets,” Loomans said. “We try to understand what we can do that’s going to attract this particular kind of market. As opposed to trying mass marketing which is what a lot of organizations try to do.”

The initial plan for this drive is not the typical type of food drive we’ve seen before. Event operations teams leader David McManus has planned the drive to accommodate a large volume of people.

Cars will pull in, give the food to an attendant, who will then give it to the team to be sorted.

“From a logistical standpoint, this event is going to be beyond anything that anyone

has ever seen before. When we think of food drives we think of a very different type of thing than what we’ll be executing next spring and so it’s basically going to come down to we’re processing a massive amount of food,” Loomans said. “We have to do it in a very short amount of time. And we don’t have an expert before us to tell us how many people or how many pounds we should be expecting. So everything is based off of educated assumptions. Which makes the logistics team’s job a little bit more extreme.”

Loomans took the organization with him as he moved to Chicago when he came to DePaul. Loomans said that a lot of his motivation comes from his team here at the university.

“The biggest reason why I’m involved and why every single morning I think I’m able to wake up and still want to keep doing more tasks and keep working with different people is because the enthusiasm from the people here,” Loomans said. “Their ability to see something that is so ethereal and not necessarily tangible yet. To be able to see so many people who are from so many different lifestyles and backgrounds and have so many different dreams and things like that. Being able to see them and watch them and being able to support them as they grow with one another and as we grow together as a team all united for that higher purpose of enriching people’s lives. I think that’s unbelievable.”

Outreach team leader Helen Kinskey is excited at the possibility of a world record.

“I joined Food For Freedom just because it’s so exciting,” Kinskey said. “I

Photo courtesy of FOOD FOR FREEDOM

Members of Food for Freedom take a break from working last month. mean how can you hear that a world record food drive is going to happen and you have the opportunity to get involved, and you don’t get involved? It’s just really a cool thing that we wanna fill the depositories.

It’s potentially amazing that we can make this happen.”

The team has planned the drive specifically during a time of the year where food pantries will be running low on food.

“It’s important that we do it at a time where food banks generally have less food to work with. So about right now in November through December the food pantries get really well stocked up because of the holidays and that usually lasts until maybe February or early March,” Loomans

said. “Then the opportunity there well we have our big food drive in April or May, what we’re going to be able to do is bring a lot of food in We can help stock those pantires back up and make that food last for a portion of the summer which is generally a time where more food insecure individuals are seeking food.”

Food insecurity is defined by the United States Department of Agriculture as a “household level economic and social condition of limited access to food.” Across the globe, food insecurity affects around one in every six people. Around 16 million children will go without food today, as well as four million people over 60 years old and an even larger number of college students.

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NOV. 4 1) A theft was reported outside of Belden-Racine Hall.

NOV. 4 7) A theft was reported in the Lewis Building. A bag

NOV. 5 2) An attempted armed robbery report was filed for an

NOV. 5 8) Disorderly conduct was reported in the DePaul Center

Unknown offender attempted to steal the handlebar off the complainant’s bike, but was interrupted and fled the scene.

incident at Seminary Avenue and Dickens Avenue. Chicago Police were notified.

NOV. 7 3) A marijuana smell was reported in University Hall. No drugs were found, but some items were confiscated.

4) A theft report was filed in Munroe Hall regarding items taken from an unsecured vending machine.

containing personal items was taken from a locker.

plaza. The offender used profanity against the complainant.

NOV. 6 9) A theft was reported in the Reskin Theatre. Victim was advised to file a report with Chicago police.

10) A theft was reported across the street from the Lewis

Center. Complainant’s bike was taken by an unknown offender while making a delivery.

NOV. 8 5) A burglary report was filed regarding a wallet missing from

NOV. 7 11) A Criminal damage to property report was filed when the

6) A criminal sexual assault was reported in an on campus

NOV. 9 12) A theft was reported in the Sbarro Pizza location in the

a room in Belden Racine Hall.

apartment on the 2300 block of North Sheffield Avenue.

Chicago Police were notified.

offender struck a door a number of times, cracking the glass, before fleeing the scene.

DePaul Center. The complainant’s backpack was taken.

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Nigerian archbishop visits DePaul Catholic-Muslim relations in SubSaharan Africa was the topic of discussion

By Eric Traphagen Copy Editor

DePaul hosted Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama in a discussion with DePaul Professor Dr. Barbacar Mbengue in the Student Center last Thursday.

They led an open discussion with members of the DePaul community that was open to the public on MuslimCatholic relations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Kaigama is from Nigeria and was invited to DePaul through DePaul Professor Stan Chu Ilo, who is also from Nigeria. Kaigama is renowned for his work with Muslim-Catholic relations in Nigeria and the goal of the panel was to discuss finding peace in one of the most war-torn areas of the world.

The discussion was open to the public, and there were a variety of people in attendance.

Several students from Professor Ilo’s Catholicism classes were there in addition to many members of the African community.

Each member of the panel was given 20 minutes to open by talking about their experience with Muslim-Catholic relations. Kaigama opened by speaking of the importance of dialogue between people of Christian and Islamic faith.

“Inter-religious dialogue will contribute significantly to this peace we are looking for,” Kaigama said. “These two religions often collide for the ‘soul’ of Africa.”

The archbishop said both Catholics and Muslims need to abandon the idea of solidarity in order to achieve peace.

“It’s not possible for every culture to be the same religion. It’s not possible,” Kaigama said. “Religion means ‘to bind,’ to come together… religion is meant to build people together.”

Kaigama’s church was bombed by a suicide bomber just a few weeks ago, and the importance of opening dialogue to begin the peace process is close to his heart.

“There are challenges, and these challenges need to be met,” he said.

The floor was then turned to Mbengue, a professor at DePaul who teaches Islamic studies and history in DePaul’s Islamic World Studies, History and Religious Studies Departments.

Mbengue, who grew up in Senegal, a Western African country - shared the Archbishop’s ideas about peace in the region. “(It is) ironic that even in peace studies the focus is on violence preventions rather than on peace,” he said.

After each panelist gave their opening remarks, people from the audience were welcomed to ask the panelists questions for a question and answer segment.

Many members of the African community shared stories of their experience with this conflict in Africa.

Among the several topics discussed in the question and answer segment was whether or not there is something

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From left to right: Dr. Barbacar Mbengue, Fr. Aniedi Okure and Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama led a discussion about religion in Sub-Saharan Africa. incompatible in the faiths that is the cause of the conflict between Muslims and Catholics, or whether or not the conflict is a social or ethnic one.

“Religion tends to be added to a conflict,” Mbengue said. “We call it a religious conflict where in actuality it started as an ethnic conflict… There is no reason Muslims and Christians should fight purely on religious grounds.”

The archbishop shared Mbengue’s sentiment.

“Are these religions incompatible?

They shouldn’t be,” he said.

“Unfortunately we engage in bitter conflict … and in the end we are losers.”

Kaigama pointed out that there are regional differences in the conflict.

Catholics are treated differently in southern Nigeria than they are in the north. “(In the south) in every household you see Christians and Muslims coexisting peacefully… But in the north, where I come from, if you dare to convert your life is in danger.”

The event went from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the question and answer section taking up most of that time.

Many of the people who asked questions expressed their gratitude for the archbishop coming to DePaul to speak and referred to him as “your excellency.”

The panel concluded with each panelist’s ideas for practical steps and both shared and continued their messages of peace.

We “need to reach out and understand the other,” Mbengue said. He continued to say when we “treat each other the way you want to be treated… You create the conditions for peace.”

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Concerned students confront legacy of racism

JEFF ROBERSON | AP A member of the black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 addresses a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign. Few paid attention when a black student started a hunger strike at the University of Missouri to protest racial strife on campus, but many followed the story after football players refused to play.

By Rachel Hinton Nation & World Editor

In 1938, Lloyd Gaines, a Missouri resident, became the subject of Gaines v. Canada, a U.S. Supreme Court case that required the state of Missouri to either let Gaines attend the University of Missouri, Columbia’s law school or create another school that would provide him the same education.

The school, begrudgingly, built a black law school.

Three months after the ruling, Gaines left his home to buy stamps and was never seen again.

Last week, Mizzou's history of racial tension was addressed.

Students calling themselves “Concerned Student 1950,” — referencing the year Mizzou began accepting students of color — created a list of demands that called for the resignation of systems president Tom Wolfe in relation to his lack of a substantial response to racist events and tensions on campus. Before that, according to the local newspaper, the Missourian, someone called the president of the student body, Payton Head, the n-word in September.

In early October, former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin posted a YouTube video denouncing hate and announced mandatory diversity training after the Legion of Black Collegians posted an open letter on Twitter about brushes with racism.

Shortly afterward, a swastika drawn with human feces was found on campus. Football players voiced their support of the protest and Wolfe resigned Nov. 9.

“The black student body stood strong and we’re standing right there with them,” Mario Morrow, Jr., president of DePaul’s Black Student Union (BSU) said.

“I think it was the right move for their president to step down.

Someone has gone on a hunger strike, the football team wasn’t going to play, faculty was on strike.

They not only got their student body but the administration to be on their side because they all saw how important the issue was.”

Not long after the resignation, death threats against black students appeared on the messaging app Yik Yak. Conversations surrounding race on campus have surged in recent years — or perhaps they’re getting more national media attention and the vision of students at the forefront have more viable outlets. Yale and Ithaca College — which recently presented its own set of demands similar to Mizzou’s — are facing similar tense situations. The history of the schools themselves may play a part in why these issues are becoming more prevalent.

A tumultuous year has brought race and how the nation chooses to address it into the forefront, and recent events at college campuses, especially those that are among the most revered, highlight the continued fight students of color face while attending college.

“Predominantly white institutions aren’t predominantly white, they’re historically white. People of color weren’t intentionally meant to be here.

So with that, historically, that everlasting thought process is going to continue,” Morrow said.

“No matter what, someone will have that mind frame. So faculty and administration, they can talk about the struggles we go through every day and come up with as many programs as they want ,but at the end of the day they’ll never truly understand the true

struggles that a minority student goes through.”

The state of affairs at DePaul is slightly different. Though there have been pop-up discussions and panels about Black Lives Matter, few events resembling those leading up to Mizzou’s protests and the furor that followed have happened in Chicago. DePaul junior Tomas House attributes this to the nature of Chicago and its residents.

“There’s no doubt that racist incidents happen (in Chicago), but the black population here is more sporadic, but they’re one of the most active communities in the nation,” House said. “(Incidents) may not be a big deal here, but BSU does a good job of talking about those issues here.

But we should have a group that talks to those experiencing issues like these.”

Whether or not the protests could find their way to DePaul — or whether or not they need to — is one that some students disagree on. Many, like House, do agree that more could — and should — be done.

“I think the only way to start dealing with it is to talk about it, and we should talk about (these issues) more often,” Arwen Hoots, an intercultural communications student who has been following social justice issues around the nation, said. “I suppose something like that could happen here, but would anything be done? Probably not.”

Students have talked about the need for conversations and change on campuses, but events like Mizzou continue to happen so that future students won’t need to have the same conversations.

What that future will look like, however, and whether or not it will have a more racially tolerant

STEVEN SENNE | AP Boston College students also had a solidarity demonstration Thursday, Nov. 12. The protest was among others organized by students around the country following the racially charged protests at Mizzou last week.

atmosphere are unknowns.

Men of Vision and Empowerment (MOVE) and Sisters Together Recognizing Our Never-ending Growth (STRONG) as well as other groups on campus came together last Friday for a solidarity gathering with Mizzou to talk about the protests and offer support. What the future will be for Mizzou and those standing in solidarity with them is still under construction but the hope is that, by continuing to point out these issues and encourage discussion, things will change.

“Students of color are

not in need of compassion or empathy, but rather are in need of policy change," Morrow said.

"Policy changes happen over a span of years, but continuous conversations with administration directly to come up with solutions would help students of color feel more comfortable on their respective college campuses. They may not help the students of today, but knowing that students of the future will not have to face these same issues we currently struggle with today is the reason why these actions are taking place.”

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SeaWorld stops killer whale show

By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

After increased protests over their treatment of orca whales, and a steady loss of profits, SeaWorld announced on Nov. 9 that their San Diego theme park is going to begin phasing out their killer whale shows, and they will officially end by 2017. The theme park has faced severe backlash for their treatment of the whales, especially after the release of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish.”

The documentary focuses on Tilikum, an orca whale currently owned by SeaWorld Orlando. The orca has been responsible for the deaths of three people, notably including SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau who was pulled underwater by her ponytail and drowned by the whale. The film also documents the treatment of orca whales at the SeaWorld parks. “Blackfish” led to a slew of protests, including a notable one on Aug. 9 in which “Jackass” star Steve-O climbed a construction crane in Los Angeles and he lit off fireworks while holding an inflatable whale.

“Americans respond really well to a crisis,” Peter Steeves, a professor of philosophy at DePaul who specializes in the ethics of zoos said. “I think in many ways, the ‘Blackfish’ movie made it into a crisis.”

In 2014, attendance at SeaWorld dropped four percent, and according to Time, their profits dropped 84 percent.

“While there has always been a negative view of the treatment of these animals, 'Blackfish' helped bring a lot more interest to this issue,” Pedro Escobar, a DePaul freshman and founder

of the animal rights group Animal Advocates of DePaul, said. “People who weren’t animal activists were suddenly interested and disgusted in the treatment of these animals, and for a few people, it acted as a catalyst, leading into them studying factory farming, poaching and other animal cruelty issues.”

This raised awareness of animal cruelty issues has led others to criticize more local establishments that hold animals captive, including the Lincoln Park Zoo and Shedd Aquarium. “(Captivity) is based on fundamental assumptions about animals and our relation to them,” Steeves said. “It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about the lions at the Lincoln Park Zoo or the magnificent orcas at SeaWorld. It’s all based on the assumption that if you’re not human, you don’t have moral status and (humans) get to decide what to do with you.”

Although none were on the scale of the protests against SeaWorld, there have been protests against the Shedd Aquarium, notably the Empty the Tanks protest in 2013, where protesters asked for the whales and dolphins at the aquarium to be released.

Others see a difference between theme parks like SeaWorld and aquariums or zoos, — mainly because of the intention of zoos and aquariums to educate rather than just solely entertain.

“Aquariums seek to understand animals at an intimate level that they may not be able to in the wild,” an employee at the Shedd Aquarium who chose to remain anonymous said. “At the Shedd, transparency drives our desire to educate, inspire and do

K.C. ALFRED | MCT CAMPUS Orca whales perform during the One Ocean show at SeaWorld San Diego on Oct. 9. Battered by controversy over its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld San Diego announced plans for a new attraction to boost sliding attendence numbers, and intends to phase out its killer whale show.

what’s right.”

In addition to the problems activists see with keeping animals captive solely for entertainment purposes, a driving force behind freeing orcas is because of their sheer size. Orcas on average can grow between 23 and 32 feet long according to National Geographic. In the United States, a Code of Federal Regulations mandated that tanks for the whales be at minimum 48 feet long and 12 feet deep.

“I respect zoos and conservatories that focus on keeping animals for conservationist and rehabilitation purposes, but solely for entertainment is cruel,” Escobar said. “Coming from Tampa, Florida, SeaWorld was in my backyard, and despite not knowing the full details of how

bad the orcas’ lives were, I used to think about how huge these animals were for how small the tanks were.”

Despite the phasing out of killer whale shows at SeaWorld San Diego, both the Orlando and San Antonio locations will continue to have the shows.

“When I heard that (SeaWorld) will stop doing shows, I was initially very excited,” DePaul junior Megan Lomasney said. “But then I realized that was only in one park. I am glad to see that there are changes being made, but orcas are still in captivity and shows are still in production all over the country.”

The announcement that the shows will end in San Diego comes on the heels of the California state agency banning the breeding of animals in

captivity. The theme park, which is home to 11 orcas, attempted to repeal the ban before announcing they will stop their killer whale shows. Now that they are ending the killer whale shows, SeaWorld announced they will be featuring an orca experience instead, more focused on education rather than solely entertainment.

“Surely it is a PR move, and a pre-emptive move at that, because last week California Rep. Adam Schiff introduced a federal law that would prohibit using orcas for performance or entertainment purposes,” Steeves said. “One can only hope that there will be real laws, and really strong laws, that ban all shows everywhere that feature animals like this.”

World leaders convene, vow response

By Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press

World leaders vowed a vigorous response to the Islamic State group's terror spree in Paris as they opened a two-day meeting in Turkey on Sunday, with President Barack Obama calling the violence an "attack on the civilized world" and Russian President Vladimir Putin urging "global efforts" to confront the threat.

But beyond the tough talk and calls for action, there was little indication of how leaders intended to escalate the assault on the extremist group. The attacks in the heart of Europe — combined with earlier incidents in Lebanon and Turkey, as well as the downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt — suggest the Islamic State militants are reaching beyond their base in Iraq and Syria, an expansion the West has feared.

"The skies have been darkened by the horrific attacks that took place in Paris just a day and a half ago," Obama said shortly after arriving in Antalya, a seaside resort city just a few hundred miles from the Syrian border. He waved off a question from reporters about whether he would authorize additional action against IS. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the summit host, pledged leaders would produce a "strong message" about

DANIEL OCHOA DE OLZA | AP People gather outside for a national service for the victims of the terror attack at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Sunday as world leaders met to talk about potential responses to ISIS and resolutions to the Syrian civil war.

fighting international terrorism, though he, too, did not spell out specific steps.

Putin urged nations to pool their efforts to combat terrorism, adding that the fight must respect international law, the U.N. Charter and each nation's sovereign rights and interests.

"We understand very well that it's only

possible to deal with the terror threat and help millions of people who lost their homes by combining efforts of the entire global community," Putin said.

While U.S. officials said Obama viewed the attacks in France as an act of war, they cautioned he had no plans to overhaul his strategy for dismantling the Islamic State

group and said he remained staunchly opposed to an American ground war in Syria.

The Paris violence ratcheted up the urgency at the previously scheduled Group of 20 summit, an annual meeting of leading rich and developing nations. At least 129 people were killed in Friday's coordinated attacks around Paris.

In Turkey, five police officers were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a police raid on a suspected IS hideout near the Syrian border.

Turkish security forces also rounded up 20 suspected IS militants in and around Antalya before the summit.

The crisis in Syria was already expected to be on the leaders' agenda given an uptick in diplomatic maneuvering over ways to wind down Syria's civil war. The conflict has stretched into its fifth year, left more than 250,000 people dead and 11 million displaced, and created a vacuum for the Islamic State and other extremist groups to thrive.

A more immediate option facing leaders was the possibility of France asking for help from its NATO allies. Only once in its 66-year-history — after 9/11 — has NATO's communal defense obligation been invoked.

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Tension brewing Starbucks holiday cups prompt internet outrage

By Fabio De Simone Contributing Writer

Starbucks has historically used Christmas iconography to decorate their cups during the holiday season.

Apparently, some Christmas-celebrating coffee drinkers have really enjoyed these annual cheery cups. But this holiday season, the company debuted a new, red ombre design with the Starbucks logo in the middle. Starbucks has prefaced this decision with a message explaining that the new cups offer “a more open way to usher in the holidays.” This decision

by Starbucks is clearly an effort to make the holiday season more inclusive. By removing Christmas iconography, such as Christmas trees and candy canes from their cups, Starbucks is looking to expand the appeal of the holiday season beyond those that celebrate Christmas.

It’s important to note that Starbucks is still selling the many Christmas items on their website such as ornaments and the Starbucks Christmas Blend. This information further proves that company's decision to make the cups red was made for business reasons and not to insult Christians.

Considering that the iconography used

by Starbucks on past cups included strictly commercial Christmas symbolism, many Christians have had no problem with the decision. However, a number of Christians are outraged. These people aren’t viewing this decision as a measure of expanded

customer inclusion but rather as a blatant attack on Christmas. One such Christian, Joshua Feuerstein, an Evangelical Christian from Arizona and self-proclaimed social media personality, is at the helm of the outrage against Starbucks. The retired pastor has taken to Facebook with one of his usual camera phone video rants filmed in front of a Starbucks exclaiming that, “We have become so open-minded that our brains have literally fallen out of our heads” because he believes that “Starbucks removed Christmas [iconography] from their cups because they hate Jesus.” He then goes on to explain that he has and will continue to order his coffee under the name of ‘Merry Christmas.’ He sees it as his way of “tricking" Starbucks employees into putting Christmas on their cups and “urges” other Christians to employ the same trickery and to share pictures of them doing so on social media. He argues that such a “movement” would help Christians stand up to their supposed persecution.

Ironically enough, this does not include boycotting, but continuing to buy their coffee. He ends the video by flaunting his pistol that he carried inside of the Starbucks because they “hate the second amendment so much.” Regardless of all of this foolishness, the video has received a concerning amount of support through several hundred thousand shares on Facebook and more thanx 15 million views. Feuerstein conveniently excludes that Starbucks is still carrying Christmas-themed merchandise from his

Facebook rant as mentioning as it would both invalidate his whole video and prove that Starbucks actually does embrace Christmas.

The support that this video has received is a reason for concern. It is important that companies are allowed to make decisions that may be fueled by secular beliefs or transmit a secular message without being deemed as intolerant or hateful. Feuerstein has a poor track record with this as he also made a rant denouncing Starbucks’ decision to endorse gay marriage.

There is an important question that viewers need to ask whenever watching videos from people like Joshua Feuerstein: Why is this person saying the things that they are saying? In the case of Feuerstein, a quick look at some of the other videos he has posted on his account reveal that he is very openly opposed to the current progressive direction that this nation is taking. Conservative in all of his positions, it becomes obvious that his tirade against Starbucks isn’t an attempt to speak out against some supposed oppressors but rather a knee-jerk reaction to progressivism from a hardcore conservative.

Joshua Feuerstein’s videos all revolve around denouncing progressivism from the legalization of gay marriage to any attempted forms of gun control. Any of his calls to action must be approached with reasonable doubt, and for Christ’s sake — no pun intended — this is the same man that endorsed taking up arms and starting

a nationwide revolution when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage a few months ago.

Though his methods are manipulative and questionable, Feuerstein’s fear mongering did bring him the attention he desired as he ended up appearing on CNN to discuss his views on Starbucks with CNN’s Brianna Keilar and Sirius XM’s Pete Dominick. He again went on a rant in which he not only claimed that Christians are being persecuted, but that President Barack Obama pretended to be a Christian in order to be elected. CNN ultimately muted Feuerstein’s microphone from feeding into live conversation.

Keilar explained that Obama is indeed a Christian and Dominick, who can be clearly seen trying to hold back laughter, carefully deconstructed everything Feuerstein had to say. He denounced him for his homophobic bigotry and questioned his intolerance as a Christian.

Whether one is a Christian or not, there is no coherent argument that can be made to suggest that Starbucks is attacking Christmas with its new cups. Religious folks are not being persecuted against when secular legislature is passed or when a company makes a secular decision.

It needs to be understood that when a private corporation makes a decision that may disagree with the views of a particular religion, it is not an attack on the religion but rather the celebration of the American right to a freedom of religion — and that includes the freedom to be secular.

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Students MAP an uncertain future

By Yazmin Dominguez Contributing Writer

The reminder is on every computer monitor on both campuses. Blue and white posters with the #MAPMatters logo demanding the attention of the 23,799 students at DePaul. Try logging into Campus Connect and a yellow box reminds students that what is going on in Springfield will directly affect us. When Inoticed the #MAPMatters campaign started

by SGA, which begins, “Over 5,000 students rely on the MAP grant at DePaul,” a slight chill ran down my back. I am one of the 5,000 students who will be directly affected if the Monetary Award Program (MAP) ceases to exist.

The average annual MAP grant at DePaul is $4,000 and NANCY STONE | CHICAGO TRIBUNE distributed to the population Gov. Bruce Rauner gives a thumbs up after giving his first speech as governor on Jan. 12, 2015. In his speech, Rauner urged legislators to make “choices about of low- and middle-income what’s best for the next generation, not the next election.” students. Those 5,000 students who come from low- or middleaid provided by the MAP grant which I used to pay for a fulltime class families are first generation went a really long way.

It covered course load when the MAP grant college students often minorities, those last thousand dollars that was included. who can only afford DePaul’s determined whether or not I SGA President Vanessa high tuition cost because of could afford attending DePaul.

Cadavillo explained how the programs such as FAFSA’s pell Longtime residents of this direct impact of the MAP grant and the state MAP grant. I state, my parents and I will be program being eliminated would am one of those 5,000. directly impacted if the MAP be a change in the dynamic of In a mass email, President program is to be cut.

I will need students attending DePaul.

Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, to take out loans for the extra “Lowto middle-income and C.M., said, “The MAP program $2,000 to $3,000. first-generation students are not has been a key piece of Illinois’ Those $2,000 may not seem the only type of demographic higher education policy for like a big deal, but for me, who receive the extra help, but decades. It is important to Kolijima and the other 5,000 (if MAP is eliminated) it takes know that MAP enjoys strong students relying on the grants away the opportunity for them,” bi-partisan support. The political to attend DePaul, MAP funding Cadavillo said. “Those 5,000 fight impacting the budget is is necessary to continue our students have to find another not due to MAP. However, until education. way to pay that amount. They the impasse over unrelated I have grown up and lived in are stuck with answering that issues is resolved, MAP remains Illinois my entire life.

I was born question or if they are going to unfunded and its future in Humboldt Park, Chicago and be able to come back to DePaul uncertain.” lived in Albany Park for a few at all.”

Some of us were probably years.

Due to the high crime in Those 5,000 students are aware of it, others maybe not so the neighborhood, my family your friends, your crush, your much. But since July 1, the state and I moved out of the city.

I roommates, tutors, RA’s — and of Illinois has been operating have lived in numerous suburbs I could go on.

I am one of those without a state budget. This ranging in varying economic students who need to figure means that a large amount statuses and my parents’ out my future after facing this of state services have been financial situation going up unexpected cut in funding. halted until a budget is passed. and down with each of the four “Be assured that DePaul Among those halted services are moves we made. will continue to monitor this financial aid programs at many I am a young, first situation until it is resolved. college campuses across Illinois. generation, Latino minority with The state’s political leaders have It has been more than five a lowto middle-class income heard my voice many times. months since any negotiation has immigrant parents who have Now it is time they hear from been made regarding the state done everything they could so I more citizens who support funding for universities. DePaul could afford DePaul’s expensive this important financial aid junior and MAP grant recipient tuition.

They did all of this so program.” Holtschneider said to Hajirie Kolijma learned about I can one day be a university finish off the email. the MAP funding issue when graduate and a professional, What we are expected to she saw SGA’s #MAPmatters active and informed citizen. do right now is plan ahead. We campaign posted around the Currently, my tuition as an need a plan of action and come Lincoln Park Campus. undergraduate communication up with our own ways to fund “My MAP (grant) amount is major is $11,637 per the rest of our tuitions that the usually $4,700 per year,” Kolijima quarter.

With my financial MAP grant used to cover. It’s not said. “If that is gone I will have aid package containing the ideal, but this is an example of to take out loans and that would DePaul Community Service the benefits of being an informed put me in a (really) bad position.

Scholarship, the DePaul grant individual.

Even if it seems like a small and both federal subsidized and For now, students should act amount considering the rest of PHOTOS COURTESY OF ILLINOIS.GOV MICHELLE KRICHEVSKAYA | THE DEPAULIA unsubsidized loans, I have a as though next quarter the MAP my financial aid, it changes my remaining amount of $4,637 to grant will, in fact, disappear. We long-term plans completely." special circumstances appeal funds necessary themselves to still pay and it is almost the end will then realize the enormity of The MAP grant and state form, which depending on do so. of the Fall quarter.

With a hold those few thousand dollars that aid university funding impasse the student's specific financial But for now, there is no on my account and my inability are missing from our financial , leaves me and other students situation can be offered aid.

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Then —and this like myself with great anxiety is not applicable to the student, should be calling our state $5,000, I am unable to register is just a prediction —we might and many unanswered questions a DePaul will not be able to representatives and Rauner for classes next quarter, leaving turn to DePaul if there is any regarding how we will pay for offer any other type of support himself to make our voices me with the option to go partother alternate aid they can offer. the rest of our time at DePaul. because they do not have the heard. time in order to pay only $2000, Then, DePaul Central offers the The $2,700 extra in financial

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Focus

Surging

AHEA

By Megan Deppen Managing Editor

“Let’s just Uber home.” A phrase that wouldn’t have been spoken a decade ago, Uber has developed a new business model that is changing the game of entrepreneurship and convenience.

There's practically an Uber for everything.

The rideshare service driving traditional taxis out of business has also inspired dog-walking, laundry-washing, fooddelivering and apartment-renting services that have entrepreneurs scrambling for the next big thing. Understanding the "Uber model" and how it does business is related to entrepreneurs adapting to a new target market — Millennials.

The revolutionary rideshare service is only five years old, but worth more than $51 billion. By comparison, it took Facebook seven years to raise the same amount, the Wall Street Journal reported. What is it that makes the service so unique?

Start-up business expert and DePaul professor Patrick J. Murphy said the Uber model comes down to three things: decentralization, technology and immediate, on-demand service.

Decentralization means the drivers go by their own schedule and only represent the business. There is no direct supervision.

The technology aspect is self-explanatory, but it implies convenience. Key components are the GPS tracking and instant credit card payment. Finally, the on-demand service differs from calling a traditional cab company because users are not put on hold, waiting in line for the service or waiting on the street for a cab.

"If you have people who are needing a particular service, not necessarily a product ... you're talking about the service economy's parallel to that online product place," Murphy said, referencing Amazon, Ebay and Craigslist. "The buyer and seller can find each other through this marketplace and technology."

In laymen's terms, the online marketplace is the platform where a buyer and seller find each other, and the Uber model makes it no longer just about buying a product, but quickly and conveniently finding a specific service.

In light of its success, Uber has added branches called RUSH and EATS, product and food delivery services, that have the same GPS tracking features and automatic payment through the app. EATS is more experimental in that it only serves from specific restaurants at peak lunch and dinner times and faces stiff competition from Grubhub, an online food delivery service established in 2005.

But what EATS also indicates by its specific locations in the Loop, West Loop, South Loop, River North, Lincoln Park, Old Town and Gold Coast neighborhoods is that it serves a very particular audience.

According to 2000 Census data provided by the City of Chicago, the neighborhoods are home to residents with bachelor's degrees and wealth, speaking perhaps to Murphy's point that Uber isn't just about new technology.

"People are more independent than they were a couple generations ago," Murphy said.

Uber's growth reflects of appealing to Millenn "A lot of young people are doing a bunch of different things. There's great diversity now in the younger generation that I don't believe we had three or four generations ago."

Addicted to technology, waiting longer to have families and prioritizing a fruitful career over free time make Millennials a diverse group and just the demographic Uber-models serve.

Murphy said these diverse needs and interests have changed businesses' point of view.

The best way entrepreneurs have connected diverse, young people with all of their diverse needs are through online marketplaces like Amazon, Ebay, Craigslist, Uber or Grubhub, Murphy said. "It gives people a lot

more choices because there's a lot more different types of needs that people have."

Someone paying attention to this shift in Millennials' needs is Dave Arel, founder of Chefmade.

Arel and his wife were working full time and couldn't make the time to cook.

"Trying to source good, local ingredients and figure out a recipe for those ingredients on a daily basis (was impossible)," Arel said. "My wife is a fantastic cook and even we were too busy to do it ourselves."

So the Arels developed Chefmade, a weekly prepared food delivery service in Chicago. The distinctive factors? Ninety percent of the ingredients are local and the meals

are a balance of healthy and tasty. "(Chefmade is for) anyone who is busy, doesn't have the time to cook, but wants to eat better than walking to McDonalds every day or passing into Subway," Arel said. "There's not a whole lot of options that are truly healthy, that don't take time out of your day."

What makes Chefmade an Ubermodel? Compare it to the grocery delivery service, Peapod.

"Peapod will deliver all the ingredients, and that's good, especially if you know what you want.

You have the recipe that you're going to make and you have the time," Arel said. "(But) less and less people know what they're doing in the kitchen.

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and less time to spend in the kitchen."

Chefmade is more customizable and has a specific audience in mind. But Arel said part of what makes Chefmade like Uber is that it offers a higher-class service that wasn't available before.

"You're getting something created by a personal chef when normally you would have to have a personal chef come into your kitchen," Arel said. "We're offering something that's much cheaper and enables us to share personal chefs in the same way (Uber shares drivers)."

Getting more bang for your buck is not a new idea, but Uber has just done it well. Arel said Uber is more than just on-demand, it's about making people who can't afford a personal driver feel like they have one.

"Technology made us more productive, but also made us feel like we're living a higher class life," Arel said.

Entrepreneurs like Arel and Murphy said the business possibilities today are endless. So where should you start with the next big idea?

"Look for where things are broken, where things aren't working very well," Murphy said. "Very often when you have such a large, fast growth and way of doing things, there are always going to be inefficiencies built into it. Look at the Uber model and all of its aspects, all those players who are participating.

They are going to have little wins and little losses. Entrepreneurship is going to come from the losses."

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Arts & Life

THE FANDOM

A long time ago in a galaxy, not so far away

“Star Wars” fandom has evolved

AWAKENS

By Kirsten Onsgard Digital Managing Editor

The greatest indication of the strength of the Force might not be in Yoda’s wisdom of Luke Skywalker’s bravery. Instead, it might lie in its fans, whose collective clamoring for presale tickets crashed movie sites across the county in anticipation of the franchise’s newest installment “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which opens Dec. 18.

The film not only shows an expansion of the vast “Star Wars” universe, but a shift and growth in its fan base, too. Thanks to its status as a pop culture icon and an acceptance of geek culture, this generation of fans isn’t burdened by the basement-dweller stereotypes of “Star Wars” past.

“Thirty years ago, if you would have said, ‘I’m a huge star wars fan,’ people would have thought you were such a geek, such a loser, you would get beaten up on

the playground,” DePaul media studies professor Paul Booth said.

Part of that is due to its commercialization.

Merchandising has long been an integral part of “Star Wars,” but today you can slurp C-3PO soup and sip coffee sweetened by Darth Vader creamer. Lightsabers line the walls of Target, which has devoted aisles of shelf space to the franchise.

“You don’t have to have the same level of commitment to

be part of that first day,” DePaul media professor Blair Davis said.

“You only have to be lucky to click your ticket order online at the right time, versus dressing up in a costume, bringing your lawn chairs and lining up for a day or more.”

But there’s no correct way to be a fan, though many might say skipping the original trilogy is sacriligous, Booth said. Though that might make “Star Wars” less unique – today it’s more like the

“Marvel” film franchise than cult sci-fi hits like “Dr. Who” or “Star Trek” — the new films are initiating new people into its community.

“The beauty of fandom is seeing how everyone comes together,” Booth said. “There’s always conflict, there’s always antagonism. But there’s also joy and pleasure and loving talking about something with other people.

A history of “Star Wars” toys

Original trilogy

Prequel trilogy

New trilogy

Diversity in “Star Wars” While previous films featured some women and people of color, “The Force Awakens” features both women and people of color in prominent roles, including Gwendoline Christie playing Captain Phasma, a chrome stormtrooper.

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Students create book to honor veterans’ memories

By Claire Fisher Contributing Writer

The Student Center was filled with families and students, all sitting attentively and facing a microphone standing by the stage. One by one, speakers came up from the first row of seats and read their own words to the crowd. Some shared a few lines and some recounted a full story.

Each speaker was a war veteran sharing their memories, some were anecdotes that elicited a laugh from the crowd while some were heartbreaking recollections that left the storyteller on the verge of tears.

Last Wednesday on Veteran’s Day, Big Shoulders Books Press released their new book, “I Remember: Chicago Veterans of War,” a collection of memories from Chicago veterans written in poetic form. The book was released at a launch event, where veterans could read their memories from the book to a crowd.

Chris Green, an english professor at DePaul and the books editor, said the launch event was a chance to promote the book, to bring the stories to life and to give the veterans who shared their memories a chance to be heard and accepted.

Green co-founded Big Shoulders Books five years ago, in conjunction with the english department that has produced two other books prior to “I Remember.” Big Shoulders Books works with the students in the Masters of Arts in Writing and Publishing program, which Green said is a three quarter course that consecutively focuses on pre-production, production and promotion of the book. There are 15 to 25 students in the class each quarter, and these students make up the bulk of rotating staff for Big Shoulders Books.

Green said the theme for the book came from an idea he got from a local play.

“I was at a play called ‘An Iliad,’” Green said. “It’s a one-man show (about a) Homer-esque figure called The Poet and in the play he’s recalling what happened during the Trojan war, but he’s also weaving in what happened

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A veteran reads from “I Remember: Chicago Veterans of War” in the Lincoln Park Student Center. The book was put together by DePaul graduate students. in actual wars throughout history.

It made me realize that most of our history is a history of wars. It made me want to talk to soldiers themselves about what their experiences are like.”

Green taught the preproduction editing class for “I Remember,” and the primary role of students in that class was helping to find veterans for the book to share their memories.

Finding veterans to contribute was a “grassroots endeavor,” involving asking veterans individually to contact others they knew who might be interested.

Part of the problem with finding contributors came from many veterans’ style of coping with their war experiences. “At first I didn’t realize that a lot of veterans don’t want to remember, GARRETT DUNCAN | THE DEPAULIA and actually a veteran told me A United States Marine Corps uniform on display at the Veteran’s Day event on Nov. 11. that at one point,” Green said.

Vietnam War veteran Ned hostility from the American Shoulders Books distributes all of sometimes there’s also moments Ricks saw a flyer that Green public. (I believe) the more often their books free of charge, due to of fun in there.” posted at the National Veteran’s you share these experiences, the a private donor.

Ricks sees the book and Art Museum and reached out to more they come to become stories While the promotion of the launch event as an opportunity to Green about sharing his story. rather than barbed wire wrapped book is still in the early stages, support Chicago veterans, whom Ricks enjoyed the experience around your heart. The more you Weber finds the format of the he asserts need outlets to talk of being a part of the book and tell the story, the easier it is on the storytelling in the book and the about their war experiences in meeting other veterans with story teller.” inclusion of the veterans in the order to heal. stories like his own.

Jordan Weber, the editorial launch event to be very effective “If you’re asking ‘What can I “I was delighted to meet assistant of Big Shoulders Books, and powerful. do for a returning veteran?’ you the other veterans,” Ricks said. was “ecstatic” to see so many of “The ‘I Remember’ statement can understand,” Ricks said. “You “Veterans are not always the the veterans come out and read almost makes these stories poetic,” can give them latitude, love them most outspoken at identifying their stories at the launch event. Weber said. “It travels all over the unconditionally and let them tell themselves, especially guys of All attendees of the event received place. It can be really sentimental their story.” my era who came home to overt a free copy of “I Remember.” Big at times, really heartbreaking. But

From rags to riches

By Jaycee Rockhold Staff Writer

Even though Heathcliff Berru didn’t graduate from DePaul, his experience there certainly played a role in finding his niche in the competitive, vibrant world of working in the music industry.

Berru, who went to DePaul to study communications for two years, founded Life or Death PR & Management, a music-oriented PR firm, in 2008. Life or Death has represented a multitude of artists from different genres, spanning from shoegaze band DIIV to hip-hop collective Odd Future.

The impressive bill didn’t come easily.

Berru began small, balancing a full load of classes and working jobs to try and get his

foot in the door.

“My first year of college, I stayed out and started to intern at local magazines and working at venues, passing out flyers to concerts, just in exchange for free tickets,” says Berru. “I started reaching out to making relationships with different publicists and magazines so I could get free CDs and asked to interview artists, pretty much only in exchange for that return”.

Berru didn’t limit himself to Lincoln Park. After moving in with his sister in Roscoe Village, Berru made it a point to go to shows in different neighborhoods.

Even though some closed down due to noise complaints, Berru realized how music and live shows can really capture the essence of the neighborhood. In addition

Former DePaul student represents popular musicians through his PR agency

to this, Berru also dallied in a myriad of internships, including one at Pitchfork media.

After being fired from Pitchfork, Berru was recommended to a PR company.

This continued a few times before he found himself in New York with no savings, no place to live, but a lot to offer.

“I began working with Wu-Tang Clan, LCD Soundsystem and all these bands that have now become successful. I essentially lived at the office because I moved to New York with no money saved up,” Berru said.

“I crashed on the subway, friend’s couches, and did that for two years. I just continued to work and had the work ethic from pulling all nighters and trying to make something happen. I made a name for

myself and eventually quit.”

Quitting gave Berru the chance to pack up his things and go cross-country to Los Angeles, where Life or Death was born. His real break came in 2010 when he began working with Tyler the Creator. Since then, Berru has worked with a small team to pick artists, making sure to keep collaborations and friendships personal.

However, Life or Death isn’t a typical public relations firm.

“We build a roster of music that’s good,” Berru said. “We never pick up an artist because of financial reasons. We’re curators as much as we’re publicists. We do partnerships and a multitude of things that bring the music community together.”

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London Calling:

Making the most of the trip

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Some of the Christmas decorations that line Oxford Street in London. Many of the major streets in central London are filled with decorations for the winter holidays.

By Carolyn Duff Design Editor

On Oct. 31, I found myself sitting atop a castle with my feet dangling over the edge, taking in a spectacular view of the sun setting over a bay on the southern coast of Ireland. Never in my life could I have imagined that I would have ended up there. It felt so surreal.

Studying abroad is all about saying yes, and accepting opportunities that you’ll never get the chance to experience again.

A few weeks ago when I was asked to join nine friends on a trip to Ireland where we would rent a secluded castle to stay in for Halloween weekend — a trip which I was given very few details about — I said yes without hesitation. The moment I heard “castle,” I was in. It ended up being the most interesting experience of my life.

Just before I departed for Cork, Ireland, I started to second guess going on the trip, not because I wasn’t excited about going, but because I was terrified that I wouldn’t make it back alive. Our plans sounded like something straight out of a horror movie, especially considering that a young boy had died in a tunnel beneath the castle a long time ago. Luckily, nothing particularly spooky happened and it turned out to be an amazing weekend.

While we spent most of our time playing cards, goofing around in our Halloween costumes and dancing in our cozy seaside castle, we also enjoyed exploring the Irish countryside. Our castle was surrounded by fields that fenced in cows, donkeys and sheep, and was a short walk away from a beautiful stone beach.

Following my return to London, I had a very theatrical week. I spent two consecutive days visiting grand theaters in the West End theater district seeing the shows “Les Miserables” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” Our study abroad program got us the tickets, so I was surprised to have been seated in the front row of “The Phantom of the Opera.” Despite a few moments of awkward eye contact with the members of the pit orchestra seated directly below me, it was absolutely incredible. After watching the actors in those two shows put on such impressive performances, I started to feel very untalented. I’m going to have to

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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument, and one of the most popular and mysterious tourist attractions in England. wait until I can boost my self esteem back up again before I return to the theater.

Nov. 5 was a British holiday called Bonfire Night. On that day in 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested for his involvement in a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament to assassinate King James I. This holiday is a day of thanksgiving for the arrest of Guy Fawkes and his plot’s failure. On the 5th of November and throughout that weekend, Bonfire Night celebrations took over the city of London. Fireworks were lit and bonfires were burned in honor of this triumph.

It was so cool to be in London during these celebrations. Learning about English traditions is one of the great parts about getting to live in a foreign country rather than just visiting. Some friends and I picked one Bonfire Night festival out of many to attend. The festival featured fireworks that were coordinated to go along with popular songs from Disney movies. I’m not sure how Disney connects to the capture of Guy Fawkes, but I appreciated the creative

attempt. We could barely hear the music over the sound of the fireworks, so that was a little disappointing, but the fireworks were really amazing.

The event reminded me exactly of the Fourth of July festival in my home town, complete with carnival food stands and rides that spin you around until you’re sick. Every so often I am surprised to encounter things that remind me so much of American culture, and I have to remind myself how far away from home I really am.

As much as I’ve become accustomed to English culture, I still have a lot of fun visiting as many tourist destinations as I can. I recently got to ride on the London Eye, and was able to plan a quick trip to see Stonehenge and the Roman Baths.

I am now more than half way through my study abroad trip, which is hard to believe. I feel like I’m trapped in a weird dimension where time moves unbearably slow and extremely fast at the same time.

I’ve started to reflect on my time here so that I can finish my trip strong.

Most moments while studying in London have be absolutely magical and perfect, like every time I see Big Ben or anything related to Harry Potter. Other moments were a little underwhelming, for example when I went to see Abbey Road, where the Beatles were famously photographed crossing the street. That was really just a regular crosswalk, and taking the classic Abbey Road picture involved almost getting hit by cars with impatient drivers.

As sad as it will be when I have to return to the United States, I also can’t wait to see my friends and family who I’ve been separated from by several time zones and an ocean for so long. As much as I’ve missed them, every moment of my study abroad trip has been worth it. The friends I’ve made and experiences I’ve had have been truly incredible, and I would encourage anyone who is considering studying abroad to accept the opportunity and go.

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By Geoff Stellfox

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DePaul Theatre Union gives non-acting majors opportunities to act

Contributing Writer

The Theatre School at DePaul has a rich history of producing some of the most talented actors and actresses, such as John C. Reilly and Gillian Anderson. However, there is another theater organization on campus that is quickly making a name for itself. The DePaul Theatre Union is a completely student run organization that produces three shows a year and is open to participation from DePaul students in any college.

“I was drawn to DTU because even though I’m not a performing major, I love to perform,” Caroline Pramas, a senior theater management major, said. “One thing that not a lot of people understand about he Theatre School is that only acting majors can be in the shows, and only design majors can design the shows. So even though I have this awesome opportunity to be a part of this wonderful conservatory, I am not able to perform alongside my friends who are acting majors. DePaul Theatre Union gave me an opportunity to continue to perform.”

Creative democracy is a cornerstone of the DePaul Theatre Union. The organization was founded in 2011 and the original members were all theater majors, but this quickly changed.

“As it stands right now, the official membership of DTU includes far more non-theatre majors than theatre majors,” Barry Brunetti, a theatre professor at DePaul and DTU’s faculty advisor said.

“The DTU gives non-theater majors an opportunity to exercise their theatre and performing muscles.”

This openness and acceptance of nontheatre majors is also what drew in Tyler

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The cast of “Scapin,” the DePaul Theatre Union’s most recent production, during their performance. The play ran through Nov. 8 in the Theatre School.

Stone, a senior history major.

“We have so many majors coming through DTU with varying past experiences that have shaped their perspectives,” Stone said. “But we all have one goal: to put on theatre and perform. This is the lasting hook of DTU that I’ve loved so much.”

One of the most notable aspects of the organization is how each show is produced and funded. DePaul Theatre Union doesn’t rely on direction from their faculty advisor but instead from members of the organization, many of whom only have experience in high school production.

Members such as Stone, who directed “Almost Maine” in 2014, handle all aspects of the performance from casting to sound

design, as well as fundraising. Student Activity Funding Board only covers the cost of acquiring the licensing for shows. Fundraising by DTU’s members covers the additional cost of producing a performance. According to Stone, each show launches online campaigns using crowdfunding platforms such as gofundme and kickstarter in order to pay for costumes and props. DTU does not sell tickets or charge to see shows, but satisfied patrons are allowed to leave donations.

Passion for performing and producing these shows is what draws students to the organization, but the bonds they build with each other while involved is what has helped the organization move from

strength to strength, and the door is always open to prospective members.

“Some of my closest friends have come from DTU,” Donyae Lewis, a sophomore majoring in journalism and creative writing, said. “During all of the productions I’ve been involved with, we’ve become a family. That’s the beauty of theatre.”

“You spend so much time with these individuals in rehearsals, and you build such a strong bond,” Lewis said. “I recently went to the fall production of “Scapin,” and it was a joy to see my friends that I’ve worked with in the past do their thing on stage. DTU is one big, happy, family and I’m eager to extend more branches to this family tree.”

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and those two came when we put it all together in the editor’s room. We had to come out of the mine every now and then.

DePaulia: Were the actual families and survivors a part of the production process?

Riggen: From the beginning, the miners were partners in the movie. They gave the rights to the producers and shared all of their personal secrets and stories to us and that was a big part of the development process when we were working on the script.

They also came over during the shoot either to visit or help out with the movie.

They were my advisors throughout the entire process, all of them: the government officials, the engineers, the families and, of course, the miners.

DePaulia: Five years seems like a quick turnover time, can you describe the process?

Riggen: I think five years is quick.

It took us three years to make the movie.

These movies are very hard to make. We live in a time where dramas are not very popular in the Hollywood studio system.

They are very hard to get financed. So we didn’t have the support of any studio at the beginning and we had to make the movie independently. It was a very large budget for an independent movie, but a very small budget for a studio movie.

Once we finished it, we were in that very tricky place, is the movie going to be picked up by a studio to be distributed? We spent many stressful weeks figuring that out until we had the great luck that Alcon and Warner Brothers took it and they are great studio’s to have behind the movie.

Thanks to that, this independent movie will now will be seen by, I think we are opening to 2,500 screens in the United States.

‘The 33’ documents disaster Contributing Writer

Once a worldwide phenomenon, millions of people gathered attentively, eyes targeted on their TV sets while praying, hoping that everything would be fine. This is the story of the 2010 Chilean mining disaster.

Directed by Patricia Riggen, ‘The 33’ submerges viewers 700 meters (2,300 feet) underground. The miraculous true story follows the 33-trapped men, and their families, fighting for survival in the Chilean San José mine. This survival drama film is adapted from Héctor Tobar’s book ‘Deep Down Under’ following the brutal conditions of the true event that was all captured on national television.

The DePaulia sat down with Riggen on behalf of her new film which was released.

The DePaulia: There was an underlying theme of family bond and hope, was this familiar territory for you?

Patricia Riggen: My first movie “Under The Same Moon” was about family. It was a mother and child trying to re-unite and this movie is about these men trying to re-unite with their families, too. I was trying to play off this theme because I believe in it. It is so true to what they want. They stayed alive for their families. The families fought for their men through this miraculous event.

DePaulia: How did you balance the structure going from in and out of the mine?

Riggen: I knew that the three worlds were very important. I shot half the movie inside the mine and half above ground.

The majority was with the miners because I believe they had the most extraordinary experience. Then balancing the other two aspects were the rescuers and the families

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Some of Zoe Nelson, a professor in DePaul’s Art, Media and Design department’s, work on display at an exhibition at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

DePaul art professor’s work explores feminism and queer identities

By Sam Schwindt Contributing Writer

A fusion of throbbing color, sliced negative space and pulsating vitality, the paintings by Zoe Nelson breathe freely in space, hanging in the atmosphere of the Cleve Carney Art Gallery at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Liberated from the wall, the chained and hung paintings make their presence known to the viewer.

It’s a misnomer, however, to call Nelson’s work “paintings.” Rather, the artworks exist freely in space, presented for the viewer to see both sides of the canvas, transforming the traditionally two-dimensional medium into art that straddles the border between painting and sculpture.

Holes are sliced into the surface of

the canvases, allowing the viewer to peer through and catch fleeting glimpses of other paintings, spaces and people, creating with each view a new composition.

“Sometimes violently, other times sensually, and oftentimes playfully, I slice into the canvas in order to open up my paintings and transgress the limitations imposed by paint,” Nelson said in a description of her work on her website.

Born in Rhinebeck, New York, Nelson has lived in Chicago for the past six years and has taught in the Art, Media and Design Department at DePaul University since the spring of 2015. Nelson received an MFA from Columbia University in 2009 and currently has an exhibition at the College of DuPage.

Titled “Recto/Verso,” the gallery invites viewers to actively engage with the work and create their own ephemeral and intimate

experiences unique to their personal perception. In tandem with the exhibit, the Leopold Group dance company has performed in the installation space, with dancers winding around and in between the explosions of hues and expression in the gallery space to the “Disintegration Loops” of avante-garde composer William Basinki.

“With this show I was very conscious of wanting to have a completely reversible painting, an experience where it was not only reversible but the parameters of the painting were defined in a temporal way,” Nelson said. “They are defined by one’s own relationship to the painting, defined based upon where one is standing in the room.”

More than just transforming the painting surface into a sculptural object, Nelson engages and often sacrifices what she describes as the most beautiful parts of

the paintings by literally cutting them out of the composition.

Stating that she always knows something lies within the crevice, hole or rip, she justifies the destruction as necessary to try to explore deeper philosophical, queer and feminist intersections in her art.

According to Thea Nicholas, a writer for Art Forum, Nelson’s paintings’ are “bright, sometimes metallic palette, their patches of grafted-together color, noodle-shaped ghost forms silhouetted in spray paint, and tiny hairlike dashes echoing thin incisions in the canvases surface all belie the pieces’ emotional complexity.”

Nelson said she is looking forward to creating a body of work in the future that are “in response to a specific space. I think that could be really interesting and challenging.”

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in MUSIC Ellie Goulding “Delirium” Nov. 6

Ellie Goulding explodes into the pop arena with her energetic new album. Each spirited song is catchier than the next, and the bright synth background tracks that make the songs so rhythmically addictive also highlight Goulding’s famously hypnotic voice. The British star’s unique style punctuates each song, even the softer ones like “Army.” With 16 songs in total, pop fans are sure to find one — or more — inspiring new anthems.

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The fourth film — and possibly the last — in Daniel Craig’s Bond series, “Spectre,” is perhaps the most 007 centric, as it revisits and homages classic motifs of the franchise. From the villain and his henchman to Bond’s cars, gadgets, and scenery, there’s no denying “Spectre” feels like a Bond film, just not a Daniel Craig one. The beauty of Craig’s morally complex and realistic portrayal of Bond is lost behind this rehashing of ‘60s-Connery themes.

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“Spectre” doesn’t feel like a new Bond movie, but rather a remake of an old one. The film runs almost two and half hours (the longest in the Bond franchise), yet uses all of its time wrong as action sequences drag, a love story is rushed and characters with promised significance hardly show.

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By Matthew Paras Editor-in-Chief

The holidays can be a lonely time. No girlfriend or significant other? Check. Super tired of the miserable weather? Check.

The holidays can be especially lonely if you’re also away from home.

But luckily, there is a solution.

As The DePaulia’s emo-loving resident, here are plenty of songs that coincide with feelings of emptiness with abandonment.

Happy holidays.

1. Dikembe — “All I want for Christmas is You” This is a spin on the Mariah Carey song, which is arguably the best Christmas song of all time.

Let these dudes from Gainesville, Florida, put you in a Christmas mood with a twinkly, sloweddown emo jam on this classic.

2. Bright Eyes — “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Warning: only listen to this if you’re in the worst of worst moods. Bright Eyes front man Conor Oberst takes this version of a likable Christmas song and slaughters it. His goat-like vocals are at times absolutely unbearable, but there’s a somberness to this song that can make one appreciate their life, letting them know that it can be worse.

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3. Jason Gleason — “Sleigh Bells and Wine” This is another Christmas track, albeit an original one. The former Further Seems Forever front man contributed this to a pop-punk Christmas compilation in 2003. The guitar in this song is soothing and adds a jazz-like tone to it.

Gleason sings “and the loneliest Christmas is one without you” as a jazz riff then kicks in to leave one alone with their thoughts. Indeed.

4. Elliot Smith — “Bottle Up and Explode!”

Finally, a pure non-Christmas track. Elliot Smith might be the king of sadness, however.

But this track, in particular,

Across 1. “Brian’s Song” star James 5. Come out of one’s skin 10. Selfcongratulatory 14. Radius’ comradein-arms?

15. Youngest-ever Oscar winner 16. Folkestone farewell 17. “B 5!” “C 11!”?

19. Took ___ (snoozed) 20. Downed 21. Typing type 22. Considers carefully 24. “Emma” author Austen 25. Hersey’s bell town 26. Place or site 29. Transverse beam 32. Itsy-bitsy bits 33. “In ___ trust” 34. Recipe word 35. Cravings 36. Emulate “Old

is more of an up-lifting kind of sadness. “Bottle Up and Explode!” encourages bottling up emotions and getting through the day. Okay, maybe it’s still bleak, but it sounds up-lifting when listening to it.

“XO” was Elliot Smith’s last full-length album before he committed suicide, but that album — and this track — is a masterpiece.

5. From Indian Lakes — “Fog” The sophomore album of From Indian Lakes, “Absent Sounds” was one of my favorite albums from 2014. “Fog” is the record’s closing track and it’s a perfect way to close.

“Fog” is another song of reflection — a six-week break

Blue Eyes” 37. Kid’s “seat” on Santa 38. Alternative to .net 39. Less extroverted 40. TV’s “Cosmos” creator 41. Author’s explanation 43. Yuletide songs 44. Backup sounds 45. Random sampling 46. “Monkey Trial” teacher 48. Seafood choice 49. Josh 52. Door section 53. John Wayne character, larger-thanlife?

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gives a lot of time for that —and this one nails it on the head.

“Who do you want to be now that they’re gone” front man Joey Vannucchi asks at the beginning.

From Indian Lakes is a great mix of emo and indie rock.

“Fog” builds and builds until an extremely satisfying bridge.

6. Anne Murray — “Snowbird” Anne Murray is the furthest thing from emo. Why is it included here? Because it’s awesome, that’s why.

I may or not be ashamed that “Family Guy” turned me on to this track, but “Snowbird” is a perfect track to listen to during the holidays. It’s short and sweet, but it’s chorus is perfectly nostalgic.

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9. Trooper’s warning 10. Wood-surface applications 11. Tropical fruit dance?

12. Great Salt Lake state 13. Adjusts, as a spark plug 18. Multicolored gems 23. “___ on Down the Road” 24. Traffic tangles 25. Eagerness 26. ___ the land (how things stand) 27. Alamogordo’s

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Molinari earns scholarship for senior season

By Madeline Buchel Contributing Writer

There is a reason sports films evoke strong emotional reactions, even in people who don't know what the difference is between a jump shot and a free throw: they tell relatable and powerful stories of dedication and redemption, of hard work paying off and of dreams coming true.

David Molinari, a senior economics major, has one of those kinds of stories.

Molinari is a guard on DePaul’s men’s basketball team. After joining the program as a walk-on last season after an injury at his previous school that made him think he might never play college basketball again, was awarded an athletic scholarship.

“It’s been a goal of mine since I was a sophomore in high school,” Molinari said. “It’s something I dreamed about and worked really hard for, and it didn’t materialize during high school.”

After playing at his high school in Peoria, Molinari went on to play Division III basketball at Illinois Wesleyan; two concussions later, he was on a break from the game he’d been immersed in his entire life.

Peter Rykbosch is a walk-on forward on the basketball team,

and co-member with Molinari of the DePaul Bench Mob. The Bench Mob’s members also include fellow walk-ons Cory Dolins and Joe Hanel, and they’ve gained attention throughout the sports world for their entertaining courtside displays of celebration.

As Rykbosch put it, “We pretty much knew our role wasn’t going to be to play meaningful minutes.

But, we’re going to support our team any way we could, and that’s pretty much how the Bench Mob started.” One of his favorite skits was when the four members formed into a baseball diamond and simulated a pitch, complete with a catcher, umpire, batter and pitcher; Rykbosch acknowledges Molinari as the mastermind OLIVIA JEPSON | THE DEPAULIA behind many of the Bench Mob’s Senior guard David Molinari takes a free throw on Saturday. antics.

But Rykbosch’s first encounter questions, getting better. That’s with his future teammate occurred shots.”

Molinari became a walk-on for what you want. That’s what you in a different capacity: Rykbosch was a referee for DePaul intramural the DePaul basketball team in the want out of all your players.”

Receiving the scholarship basketball, which Molinari fall of 2014.

Both head coach Dave Leitao has led Molinari to reflect upon participated in after transferring to the university, and was unsure if and Rykbosch point to Molinari’s his journey and his decision to this was going to be the extent of dedication to practice as one of continue pursuing basketball.

“It just really took me back, his involvement with the sport he the characteristics that led to the scholarship decision. because I just would think about was raised on.

“Every once in a while, you the times when maybe I was like, Nonetheless, Rykbosch noticed Molinari immediately. “He was get a guy that embodies what you 'I’ll stop playing basketball,' and clearly head and shoulders better want your program to stand for,” you know, to think that now, I’d than everyone else,” Rykbosch Leitao said. “He spent his whole have a scholarship on a Big East said. “It was pretty fun to watch life essentially in the gym or in basketball team, I would never him crossing kids out and hitting the office, watching film or asking have imagined that.”

Arena to break ground today

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

More than two years after the project was officially announced, ground will finally be broken on the McCormick Place Events Center, otherwise known as the DePaul Arena, Monday.

There will be a groundbreaking ceremony at 9 a.m. attended by DePaul University president Rev. Dennis Holtschneider C.M., Metropoliton Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) CEO Lori Healy, MPEA chairman Jack Greenburg, MPEA Vice Chair Robert Reiter and Chicago 3rd Ward Ald. Pat Dowell.

Originally scheduled to open for the 2016-17 season, delays have pushed the debut of the arena back to the 2017-18 season. It will seat 10,000 and will serve as the home court for DePaul men's basketball and select women's basketball games.

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Senior Rebecca Mitrea is one of three Romanian players on the women's tennis roster.

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DePaulia Sports Staff When women's tennis head coach Mark Ardizzone goes abroad to recruit potential DePaul players, he's not allowed to show his itinerary to the athletic department staff. They won't let him because they don't want to see it. He's going to be on a brutal schedule: 10 flights in four days, watching tournaments, scouting players and building relationships.

"To me, it’s all about the preparation.

When I go on a two week trip, it’s all about making sure I’m gonna see kids," Ardizzone said. "I don’t like to go anywhere and not have anyone I know. But it is fun to go to a tournament where you don't know anyone. I’ve been to tournaments where I don't know anyone and then all of sudden someone comes up and you meet a coach and they might email you about a player."

The nature of recruiting international athletes is an entirely different beast from recruiting high school players in the United States. For some sports, the possibility of going professional is simply not available coming out of high school in many sports

in the United States, such as basketball.

“There’s the understanding of what they’re getting themselves into,” head men's basketball coach Dave Leitao said.

“The good ones have to judge coming to the states versus playing professional, so they’ve got to turn down opportunities to make money.”

The allure of both high level soccer and academics can draw international students to the United States.

"I had the plan for America long ago, it was my ‘plan b’ if I don’t go pro in Germany," sophomore men's soccer midfielder Hans Wustling said. "The plan was to go to the U.S. because you can play soccer and have good academics at a high level for both, so that’s why I came to America."

This can be said for players who either aren't at the level to go professional in Europe or who may not be able to afford the costs of attempting to go professional.

"If you look at it, you go to a pro tournament in Serbia, you gotta pay entry fees, hotels, foods, then you go to the next place. It’s an expensive journey," Ardizzone

said. "A lot of kids will try to be pros, but then the parents go 'Uh-oh.' In Serbia there’s probably a few kids who are getting all the money. The country’s helping those few kids to help them go. But, if you’re a little bit below that, you’re not getting anything."

The lifelong dream of playing highlevel sports is a main factor in driving athletes to the United States. Men's basketball has two international players on their team: freshmen Erten Gazi and Oumar Barry.

Gazi is from Cyprus but also has Turkish citizenship. He represented the Turkish youth national team at the 2013 U-16 championships and the 2015 U-18 championships, and he attempted to come to the United States to further his career.

The same can be said for Barry because he was unable to get the same opportunities for basketball in Guinea as he can in the United States. He came over to the United States when he got a scholarship to play at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia.

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Sophomore midfielder Phillipp Koenigstein comes from Steinbach am Glan, Germany and is one of three men's soccer players from Germany.

with 30 athletes There are 30 athletes playing at DePaul as internationals. From recruiting, adjusting, and living in the United States, the international athletes have unique experiences coming to America.

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Men's golf has four internationals, including senior Adrian Halimi.

Freshman Oumar Barry played two years of high school in the U.S.

“It was my dream,” Barry said. “When I was young I always wanted to come to the United States to play basketball because in Guinea, basketball is considered a secondlevel sport, so I wanted to go somewhere where I could play basketball and really get better.”

Finding the players who want to come to the United States is a challenge in itself, but financial restraints make the coaches accept monetary restrictions as an added barrier to recruiting.

“You have to really plan and strategize on the recruiting front and we decided to put ‘X’ amount of dollars aside to potentially get a German," head men's soccer coach Craig Blazer said. "We went with the German idea because the German academic system is so rigorous, the language isn’t an issue and their soccer is good."

Because of this, DePaul coaches with a lot of international recruiting experience also have experience with maximizing their trips in terms of seeing and talking to players.

like, Facebook, or whatever they could because I had a Chinese number and it was confusing."

One advantage that DePaul coaches do have is being able to sell a Chicago experience as an addendum to DePaul.

“Chicago is in so many media forums whether it’s in the movies, the Chicago Bulls. It’s one of the most attractive cities in the country and in the world," Blazer said.

"It resonates with the right young man."

The diversity of a big city can also be attractive to an international student.

"It was a totally different feel from the two schools I had gone to, so the city really attracted me here. Also the coaches and everything they were offering me, everything DePaul offered was just amazing," senior men's soccer defender Jalen Harvey, who is from Bermuda, said.

"The diversity here and the atmosphere is just great here and I love it. It’s why I stayed all four years.”

While college, for some, can be a way to explore outside of home, some international athletes have the burden of

"I’m on Kayak every minute of the day. I’m watching for fares. Like I said, I got a fare from England to Spain for $26 with Ryanair. I’ll maximize the trip," Ardizzone said. "(Athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto and senior associate athletic director Kathryn Statz) are so proud. Last year I was in Italy, I took a picture of the Coliseum, but I was there for about five hours. I wasn’t going waste my time. I’m going to see four girls in less than four days on this trip."

When abroad, the coaches have to sell a school that some students may not have heard of or may not have the chance to see before having to commit.

"It was really hard because I committed here without ever coming to see the school, because like I said, I was being recruited from China. It’s halfway across the world, so it is expensive to come here on a visit," sophomore volleyball outside hitter Jameson MacPhee said. "But I mean, just through Skype calls, (head volleyball coach Nadia Edwards) was super welcoming, and the girls reached out to me through

not being able to see their families and homes as much as those who live in the United States. It also means that some families are not able to see their child play live.

"It’s a 15-hour flight to (come see a game)," MacPhee said. "So (my family tries) to stream online, but they’ve never been able to come here, in-season or out of season. But hopefully in the future they’ll be able to go to a game.”

Working with other international athletes and creating bonds makes the transition to college life in the United States easier.

"After (the first couple of months) you have to keep motivating yourself because sometimes you miss your family obviously and you miss the German culture," Wustling said. "But I have another German on the team, Phillipp (Koenigstein), and we can talk about a lot, and make some German food together.”

Ben Gartland, Zachary Holden, J. Samantha Rivera and Ben Savage contributed to this story.

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GAME ON Hope abounds for men’s and women’s basketball after two season-opening wins

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Men’s basketball and women’s basketball both won their season openers at McGrath Phillips Arena. The women’s game was Friday and the men’s was Saturday.

Women dominate Southern Illinois 105-61

Men rally past Western Michigan 69-63

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

In the season opener, DePaul men’s basketball shrugged off some worries from the previous season: their defense held Western Michigan to 63 points, they forced 10 turnovers and they made halftime adjustments.

These all led to the Blue Demons storming back Friday night in the second half to erase an 11-point halftime deficit as they won 69-63 over the Broncos.

“I’m really happy for our guys,” head coach Dave Leitao said in his re-debut. “They had every opportunity to stop playing and they didn’t as we chipped away and chipped away.

Defense to offense was good, which is hopefully how we’ll continue to win games.”

Junior guard Billy Garrett Jr. led the Blue Demons (1-0) in scoring with 18 points, despite going 4-for-13 from the field.

His 10 free throws helped DePaul erase the deficit. Senior forward Myke Henry also put in 16 points while senior forward Tommy Hamilton added 11

points and seven rebounds.

Western Michigan (0-1) junior guard Tucker Hammond led the game with 24 points.

Poor shooting sunk the Blue Demons in the first half.

They were 35 percent from the field and 18 percent from three.

Hamilton was providing the offense for DePaul as he led the Blue Demons with seven points. For Western Michigan, Hammond led the game with 13 points.

They went into the break down 35-24.

“It was not even close to fire and brimstone, it was just a conversation about how we’re playing,” Leitao said. “We only gave up 35 points so it wasn’t our defense that hurt us, it was our mental mistakes. We just had to work harder at getting better and easier shots.”

The adjustments made in the second half included Garrett and Henry driving to the basket more and drawing fouls. Garrett had 10 points on free throws.

“It was mostly just taking what the defense gave,” Garrett said. “As a result I got to the line so I was just being aggressive.”

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Junior guard Brooke Schulte had nine points.

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Senior forward Myke Henry had 16 points.

DePaul women’s basketball head coach Doug Bruno was admittedly a little nervous heading into DePaul’s season opener against Southern Illinois.

After all, the Salukis were coming off a 17-win season and had an entire offseason to prepare for this game.

“You don’t know what to expect for an opening game,” Bruno said. “You never know what you have until the real games start.”

His worries were all for naught as the season opener for No. 22 DePaul (1-0) went as well as they could have hoped for. They rolled through Southern Illinois (0-1) 105-61.

Senior forward Megan Podkowa led the scoring with 17 points. Five Blue Demons were in double digits and everyone on the team saw minutes. Sophomore forward Mart’e Grays and junior guard Brooke Schulte both continued to be in the starting lineup from the exhibitions.

Grays put up 16 points and was seven-for-eight from the field.

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“Being a starter this year I feel I’ve adjusted well,” Grays said. “I just have to stay focused.”

DePaul was cold from beyond the arc to start off the game, going 0-4, but they were still able to jump out to a 14-6 lead through good transition offense. They were also forcing turnovers as the Salukis gave up the ball six times in the first quarter, which gave DePaul turned into seven points.

Podkowa reached a milestone in the first half when she became the 33rd DePaul women’s basketball player to record 1,000 points in her career.

“Obviously it’s cool, but I wasn’t really thinking about it,” Podkowa said. “It’s a good feeling, but I’m glad we got the win.”

The second half went similar to the first with DePaul forcing turnovers and turning those into baskets. The Salukis turned the ball more than 23 times over the course of the game, which turned into 30 points for DePaul. They cruised through the second half to win with a final score of 105-61.

This was the first in what could be four preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament games for DePaul.