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The Theatre School goes beyond standard performances with special ASL shows. Arts & Life, page 16
Volume #99 | Issue #9 | Nov. 17, 2014 | depauliaonline.com
OUT COLD
New provost search process begins again By Parker Asmann Copy Editor
in consolation. The team’s last loss nearly one year ago came at the same point in the season, a NCAA tournament firstround defeat to Indiana. But this time it felt different — this season was one of only four winning seasons in the program’s 18-year history and the only with fewer than six losses. The loss stung. This was a team that did things no other team in DePaul
As Autumn Quarter comes to an end, DePaul’s administration is still in hot pursuit of a new provost to fill the vacant seat that was left behind when Donald Pope-Davis resigned after a brief six months last December. According to Rev. Edward Udovic, the search committee has focused their efforts on looking at the pool of potential candidates and finalizing their decision on who will be chosen for initial interviews. Afterward, the finalists will be announced and later invited to campus for a second round of interviews. Despite being well into the search, several more steps are expected to follow before Nov. 21 when the initial round of consultations are projected to be finalized. “After meeting with the first candidates the committee will then have to decide who will be finalists and who will be invited back for on-campus interviews with constituencies,” Udovic said. Initially, the search committee advertised the position nationwide and worked to contact and follow up with more than 75 potential candidates for the position. Although time consuming, and considerably expensive, the search committee has decided to use the same process as the last search two years ago, utilizing the services of Academic Search. However, the definite cost of the search remains confidential. While being the second in command to DePaul’s president, the provost essentially serves as the chief academic officer, working very closely with the deans on important academic decisions. Conveniently for students and staff, a search website will be made available at the appropriate time for their comments and observations regarding the contenders.
See SOCCER, page 25
See PROVOST, page 4
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Junior captain Elise Wyatt hugs sophomore Abby Reed after the team’s 2-0 loss to Wisconsin Saturday, Nov. 15.
Despite NCAA first round loss, there’s reason to be proud for women’s soccer By Ben Gartland Asst. Sports Editor
As of Saturday, it had been 364 days since the DePaul women’s soccer team suffered a loss. In that time they went from tournament hopefuls to Big East champions, picking up dozens of accolades and developing a chemistry the program had never seen. The feeling of defeat was such a distant memory to most of the team that Alexa Ben and the other freshmen had yet to experience the feeling of losing at
the collegiate level. “I hate losing,” Ben said in October. “It’s one of the worst feelings ever, and not losing is a big accomplishment. It feels great. I definitely think (the team) hates losing as much as I do.” And yet on a snowy Saturday night in Madison, Wisconsin, the misery associated with a loss hit harder than ever. The Blue Demons fell 2-0 to the Badgers in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and all the Blue Demons could do afterward was hug one other
Chicago Recovery Alliance aims to reduce drug harm By Kevin Gross Nation & World Editor
On a dark corner in Humboldt Park, Chicago’s forgotten drug users — or junkies, as some critics refer to them — search out a small form of sanctuary in what seems like the unlikeliest of places. A mobile clinic run by The Chicago Recovery Alliance (CRA) sits many nights near this corner at Division Street and California Avenue, or around other locations such as in North Lawndale or Englewood, and operates with the ultimate mission of harm reduction for heroin users. Within the confines of this small truck — comparable to the size of a blood drive trailer — volunteers work hard to prepare supplies for safe drug use, such
as sterilized needles, cotton filters, kits of naloxone used to treat heroin overdoses and clean “boilers,” which are used to prepare heroin for use. Among the other vital services provided are educational pamphlets used for disease and safety awareness, testing for various infectious diseases, condom provision and assistance for those who express the desire to reduce drug use. The services operated by the CRA are representative of a small movement in the United States meant not to stigmatize drug users, but to safely educate and assist drug users with the ultimate purpose of reducing risk and eliminating drug-related complications and deaths.
See CRA, page 10
KEVIN GROSS | THE DEPAULIA
A box of sterilized needles to be provided to heroin users at The Chicago Recovery Alliance.